Sevilia Karaieva is a native of Crimea. The family took the forced annexation of the peninsula very hard. The girl and her sister were able to leave the occupation for Kyiv in 2016, but her parents stayed at home. The head of the family was convinced that a full-scale invasion was inevitable, so he was wary and postponed the move. In the capital, he bought a gas burner for his two daughters so that they could cook in the event of a power outage. Sevilia admits that it helped a lot in 2022.