"I went to the checkpoint. I told I was a doctor. I helped in any way I could"

Olha Politova lived in Kyiv during the full-scale invasion. Prior to that, in 2015-2017, she was held captive in the “DPR” (Donetsk people's republic) as she told the Museum. In Mariupol, there was her daughter with a child and a husband who was a law enforcement officer.

"I heard the sound of a missile. I turned the laptop on. There I saw Putin's address about the invasion. I called my children in Mariupol. My granddaughter was 4 years old. I told them to leave immediately. And my daughter left for Zaporizhzhia at 7 a.m.

And I came to work. Everyone was confused. We could hear explosions. There was sorrow in people's eyes. We didn't talk much. They let us go home. I slept between the walls for 2 or 3 nights. Then I moved to the living room. I maintained blackout measures. I spent a week on the Internet. That's how I got into the war for the second time.

Then I went to the checkpoint. I told I was a doctor. I helped in any way I could. And I felt better. You feel that you are needed. Someone's life depends on your help.

And my daughter and granddaughter were in the village of Rozivka, Zaporizhzhia region. A shell hit their room. Luckily, it didn't explode. They survived and left with a humanitarian convoy on March 6", - told Olha, the resident of Kyiv.