«People were all desperate, disturbed and confused. Explosions were heard. Shops were closing, it was difficult to stock up on food and water. People started leaving. No one was ready for war," says Halyna Brahina. The woman immediately decided to help the military. For more than a year, she gave them three thousand hryvnias from her pension, and kept one thousand for herself. She survived thanks to humanitarian aid. Now the elderly woman needs more money for treatment, so she can't help like before. But she always gives a little for gas. Halyna Brahina writes poems and in the future plans to write a book about one of the heroes who stood in defence of Kyiv region.