This is the third war in Valentyna’s life. She was born in 1941, at the height of World War II, later fled the war in Chechnya, and since 2014 has been living through the russian-Ukrainian war. At the time, it seemed like it wouldn’t last long – she took in IDPs from neighbouring towns in Donbas and helped as much as she could. But on February 24, 2022, explosions struck again in Bakhmut. When the russians destroyed two houses on her street in the spring, and the crater from the explosion was 9 metres deep, it became clear: she had to flee. Her neighbours helped her to leave for Poltava. Now Valentyna lives in a dormitory and is grateful for the shelter, although she painfully recalls her home, where everything was arranged to the smallest detail. She knows better than anyone how much grief war causes – and above all, she wants it to end as soon as possible.