"Someone had the husband killed, someone had the wife blown up by a mine. People came to a different reality"

Before the full-scale invasion began, Anna lived in Zaporizhzhia, her father and brother lived in a village near the regional center. On March 4, her family was already under occupation. 

"A tank stopped near the house and pointed its muzzle at the house. My brother and father said goodbye to their lives, thinking that they would be shot at. The military were looking for weapons, going from house to house.

My brother was taken out by a relative. My brother was threatened at checkpoints. The guy in the car in front of him had his tires shot. My father refused to leave", – told the resident of Zaporizhzhia Anna. 

She joined the youth organization of "Zaporizhstal". A volunteer center was arranged on the basis of the enterprise to receive displaced persons.  

"There were a lot of people, they were driving broken cars. Tired, having almost nothing. We were meeting them in the shelter. Everyone came with their own story. Someone had the husband killed, someone had the wife blown up by a mine. People came to a different reality. We had doctors, legal experts. Locals carried clothes, shoes, [baby] food. 

Zaporizhzhia is still being shelled. And the worst thing is that people have gotten used to it, and many don't even go down to the shelters", – says Anna.