For the first three months of the full-scale war, Viktoriia and her family were still in their native village in Donetsk region. But when the russians ruthlessly dropped a bomb on Antonivka, she immediately gathered the necessary things and fled to Zaporizhzhia. Neighboring houses were smashed to pieces. Despite the danger, Victoriia returned home after a while. Soon after, her home was attacked by russians. The woman was injured. After numerous surgeries, the fragment remained.