Anastasiia Baranovska's family lived in Mariupol at the beginning of the full-scale invasion. For a whole month, they were forced to hide from the terrible shelling. Nastia and her child moved from a rented apartment to her brother's house. This saved them! She recalls how her little daughter Eva, who was only two years old at the time, already understood that it was always safer to stay in the basement.
Nastia and other women went to the well to get water, and once almost died under shelling. The Baranovski family was lucky to escape the city. They had previously rescued the woman driver who was taking them from "house arrest."
The Baranovski family settled in Dnipro, a hostel for displaced persons from Mariupol. Nastia and her daughter attend all holidays and events where children can express their emotions and feel joy. She understands that even if a child looks calm on the outside, inside he or she may be experiencing deep fears. One of these events was the New Year's campaign "Rinat Akhmetov to Children" which has been giving children in Ukraine a festive mood for 24 years.