Oksana Borkun remembers how on the evening of February 23rd, her husband, a former soldier, warned: "Pack your things, maybe there will be a war tomorrow." Already at dawn on February 24, explosions began, and he took her to Uzhhorod, and he himself returned to duty.

During the war, Oksana kept in touch with friends and acquaintances, many of whom had to hide from rocket fire or evacuate at the last moment. But the most frightening for her was the call in July 2022, when she learned about the death of her husband in Bakhmut. "This is something that you want to forget and turn back time, but that's it..." Oksana says with sadness in her voice.

Eventually, she joined a group of other widows and found solace in supporting women who had experienced a similar loss. "I became a co-founder of the community of wives of fallen heroes, where we united almost 500 women. Helping others gave me the strength to go through this," says the woman.