Valentyna, Donetsk Oblast, 02.03.2022

My name is Valentina.

I'm about to turn 45.

I had a lot of plans for my birthday, but they were not destined to come true.

In 2014, I left Makeyevka, Donetsk region, with my 8-year-old eldest daughter and 1-month-old youngest.

We settled down in Mariupol, settled in, bought an apartment...

But on February 24, 2022, my almost peaceful life was destroyed again (

And here I am again, evacuating my daughters. Now they are 15 and 7. The youngest has never seen her hometown in her conscious life. Mariupol has become her hometown.

I used to think it could be scarier to start over at 37 with nothing...

Now I'm about 45, and I have nothing again (

Photo:

Evacuation train 'Dnipro-Lviv,' in the compartment for 4 - there are 13 people, opposite on 2 seats-7.