Natalia Holenia, meteorologist, deputy head of the Department of weather forecasts of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Centre, told the Museum "Civil Voices" her own story about how she and her daughter left Bucha in March 2022, about the fear of seeing Kiev on fire, about the experiences that they will capture the capital, and about saving her own cat during a critical situation when some left animals to escape the war, and Natalia's family saved the tail. And also about how the war changed the work of meteorologists in Ukraine. 

The most disturbing night was on 25 February, when a neighbour brought the news that "Kyiv is on fire." Natalia recalls running to the ninth floor to hear the radio and make sure that the capital was still holding up. The family managed to leave Bucha on 26 February – Natalia's brother came from Irpin and took them away, although she asked him not to take any risks. The very next day, on 27 February, the column that was moving along the same street, was defeated by Russian troops.

Despite all the horror experienced, Natalia warmly remembers how they evacuated with their pet – a red cat Bucks, which her daughter did not agree to leave even at the cost of giving up other things. "It supports us to a certain extent, you focus on the cat and thus bring yourself out of a difficult state," the woman shares.