The war found Yulia's family in Kryvyi Rih in her parents' house. "We were supposed to return home on the 25th. But the powerful explosions in the morning of February 24 canceled everything. My husband, a retired military man with the rank of major, had experience serving on the front line near Avdiivka, so he understood everything right away."
"We already had a plan for a long time, what to do in case the war starts, so we took our parents and headed to the west of Ukraine..."
They lived in Ternopil Oblast for about a week. "And then the man took us to the border with Poland, escorted us, and went to defend Ukraine himself. He said that his experience would be useful, but he should be calm that we and the children are safe."
The couple had three children. "And my fourth "child" - the event space "Emotsyka" - remained in Zhytomyr and continues to work - I manage the company remotely. And when they criticize me that children's holidays are not on time, I remember Asya Beglyarova, a top eventer from Mariupol." .
Before the war, Asya was preparing her son's birthday, and despite everything, she spent the holiday only at home. "The children sometimes hid from the shelling in the bathroom, but I am sure that the birthday boy will remember this birthday with gratitude for the rest of his life, because it was the last joy from his mother. On the twenty-third of March, Asya died... In the apartment where she and her husband went after some things, "flew" from those who called themselves "brothers".