Maksym remembers well the moment a tank shot into his house. The apartment on the third floor collapsed. Then, he sent his wife and one-year-old child to a peaceful territory while he remained in Mariupol. Like everyone else, he gathered water under shelling at springs. He cooked food in the yard on a bonfire.

One time, a shell exploded nearby. Maksym did not immediately realize that he had been wounded. Only when he ran home did he see that his leg was covered in blood.