Liudmyla Cherniavska and her family lived in the very center of Mariupol, near the Drama Theater. Since mid-March 2022, this area of the city has been under merciless shelling by russians. On March 19, Liudmyla tried to evacuate with her husband, son-in-law, daughter and three grandchildren. As soon as the family drove away from the house, the car was fired upon by the invaders. Her daughter and husband were killed. Her son-in-law and youngest grandson went missing. Liudmyla miraculously managed to get out of the city with her two older grandsons.