Natalia lived in the Prymorskyi district with her husband and mother. On March 2, 2022, the russian military entered through Melekine. Heavy shelling of Cheremushky began on March 6. "They occupied Pokrovske. They put a tank behind the granary. And this russian tank shot at our villages. It was like it went to work. A couple of pensioners died in one house. And on March 8, the russians put a tank at the crossroads. And it shot us chaotically around the clock," said Natalia, a resident of Mariupol.