Olena worked as a senior nurse in Hirske. She learned what war was back in 2014, when the city was in the gray area. With the outbreak of full-scale war, she and her family experienced all the horrors of shelling and raids. She was especially worried about her daughter, who was very pregnant. The family left on April 8. Both Olena and the children still have a shaken nervous system because of what they experienced in Hirske.