Iryna Volodymyrivna Koroleva – director of the Kherson Regional Academic Music and Drama Theater named after Mykola Kulish, Honored Art Worker of Ukraine. She lived in occupation for half a year. First, she found shelter from shelling in her native theater. The most difficult thing was to live surrounded by armed people and due to the lack of a "green corridor". Daughter of Iryna Volodymyrivna and her husband decided to leave in April. When the connection with them was lost, the mother's heart felt – trouble. And it was not mistaken. At one of the checkpoints, the bags were put on the spouses' heads and took them for interrogation... They managed to get out to the territory controlled by Ukraine... Iryna Koroleva stayed in Kherson until September – there was no opportunity to leave before...