Alena Omargalieva a well-known Ukrainian singer, recalls one of the most painful moments of her life — parting with her husband in the first days of the full-scale invasion. His decision to stay and return to Kyiv to defend the country came as a surprise she couldn’t accept with her heart. For the first time, she saw in him not only strength but also vulnerability — a real fear of the unknown.

The feeling of broken closeness, the journey into uncertainty with a small son, loneliness in unfamiliar cities, and the first trip across the border without her husband — all this became her personal trial. Alena speaks about the pain of separation, the support of her family, the war through the eyes of a child, and the desperate longing to return home to create music again — because only at home, in Ukraine, does her voice have power. This is a story about love that the war did not break. And about fear that makes even the strongest — real.