Artem Boldyriev faced the full-scale war literally under the walls of Azovstal. He worked as a cook on a fishing vessel. On February 23, 2022, the vessel had just docked at the shore... Until March 14, Artem and several other sailors were surviving right on the ship. When a neighboring vessel sank due to shelling, they decided to head into the city. For four days, walking between bombardments, Artem made his way to the center of Mariupol, which was being wiped off the face of the earth. Then he spent another four days walking from Mariupol to Berdyansk. One night, he even had to sleep in a cage at a checkpoint, outside. From Berdyansk, Artem made it to Kherson and waited for the city’s liberation. In recent months, he has been cooking delicious meals at a hub for internally displaced people.