In February 2022, Veneta Khodos witnessed russian troops seizing a Hydroelectric Power Station in Nova Kakhovka. The girl herself met a full-scale invasion in Beryslav. Once a cosy town on the banks of the Dnipro River, the city and its surroundings turned into one of the most dangerous areas of the frontline over the two years of the war. The neighbouring village of Hornostaivka, where Veneta's family lived, was occupied. The girl's elderly relatives stayed there. The journey from the war-torn south was not easy for the family. Veneta recalls the shooting of cars with civilian Ukrainians by russians and the difficult journey.