Svitlana lived in Marganets for four months during the war, under Russian Grads and Uragans that were hitting all the surrounding large cities. There were also landings near their house - in the neighbouring yard and kindergarten. With her younger children, she moved to western Ukraine, and then to Borodianka, closer to her son, who serves in the National Guard. When she returned home, she saw that her hometown was simply dying out.