Vasyl left Oleshky when russians blew up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station. Huge waves swept away everything in their path, and the water level reached five meters. Vasyl's house was flooded and lot of money is needed to restore it. At the age of 67, he went to the military enlistment office to join the Armed Forces of Ukraine and defend his homeland, but his age did not allow him to do so.