The Kutsak family is from Mariupol. They know what war is like firsthand, because back in 2015, the city was under attack by russian militants. Svitlana recalls how in the first days of the full-scale invasion, in February 2022, she thought that the fighting would not last long, but the situation turned out to be more complicated. At the time, the couple, along with their young daughter Victoriia and their family, were hiding in the basement of a private house. They also left together in four cars after the terrible month of occupation.