During the full-scale invasion, Yuliia was pregnant and lived with her two-year-old son near the grey zone, in the village of Talakivka near Mariupol.

"They started shooting really hard at night. If the window glass shakes, you have to save yourself. I am alone with a small child. I am 6 months pregnant. My husband is on the road. And there are also 8 animals.

On the evening of February 24, I went to my brother in Mariupol. At that time, I thought that such a war was going on all over Ukraine. I saw shot cars and people on the road Sartana - Talakivka.

March 15 is my second birthday. 4-6 degrees in the apartment. I was freezing at night. I want coffee. We made a fire. We waited for the water to heat up. And as soon as my brother went to the entrance, a mine flew into the yard. Two wounded. In the head and spine. Both died. We had funerals every day. We miraculously survived," said Yuliia, a resident of Mariupol.