Oleksandr stayed under occupation in Borodyanka for a full month. There were 17 people fleeing in his house. They were looking for food, looking for communication, looking for pet treat. Fortunately, the street where Oleksandr lived was far from the usual routes of the occupiers. And they never reached his house.

But he crossed paths with the military himself when he went out to buy food in the broken shops. There was a lot of looting by the occupiers. They found and occupied empty houses.