Mariia, Volyn Oblast, 02.03.2022

“Hello, my name is Maria and I live in (city name here). Six days ago, I was still making the usual plans for the weekend: going to the library, meeting friends, but I had no idea that my life could change so much in just one night. On February 24, I woke up to powerful explosions in my city, but as it turned out, the trouble came not only to my village. In a few minutes I learned that the aggressor's country was attacking the entire territory of my native state from all sides: from the sky, on earth and even from the borders of Belarus. Now, every time I hear the siren, my family and I must run to the shelter. So far, the people of my city have not suffered much damage, but it is extremely painful to read the news every free minute and learn that the occupier is destroying entire cities, shelling them, attacking not only military infrastructure but also civilians. I want to cover my ears and never again hear the terrible numbers of innocent children, women, terminally ill people, the elderly, who die every day due to shelling and explosions. Fear creeps in when friends from other cities write that they can't go outside their homes and buy necessities because everyone who goes out is shot. I am extremely grateful to the Armed Forces, the Territorial Defence and other law enforcement agencies for the fact that my home is still intact, and I do not need to seek shelter. I am proud of the courage of ordinary people who despite being unarmed detain the enemy, throwing themselves directly under their machines. I thank God for another day I lived. And I believe that, in the end, the hell created by one man crippling every minute the fate of millions of citizens of my home country, will end once. We will definitely win. Everything will be Ukraine!”