Anastasiia was 10 years old when her hometown Rovenky was occupied. The girl lived there with her parents until the outbreak of full-scale war. The quality of life deteriorated significantly - food, medicine, poor infrastructure and utilities. Anastasiia managed to leave for Kyiv via russia, the Baltic States and Poland only in October 2023.
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