My dear native Kharkiv...
Professional psychologist
"Kharkiv, my dear native Kharkiv... Mutilated, bombed, in daily mourning for the townspeople who died and are dying from shelling in their own homes, on the streets..." - this is how Maryna Pelyustka begins her story for "History of the Strong". She is a professional psychologist, a person with a disability - she met the war in her hometown and, together with her mother, accepted all the trials that befell them.
February 24
"On the morning of February 24, we were woken up by loud explosions. At first, we did not understand where they were coming from, what was happening? And then we heard the sounds of an air-raid alarm. We looked on the Internet - and were horrified: it was full of messages about the beginning of the war..."
"First of all, the Russian troops hit the center of the city - Freedom Square... There were people everywhere at that time, victims and victims everywhere... And then rockets flew everywhere."
Marina remembers how she learned to mast
"And although mass attacks have decreased after the liberation of Kharkiv Oblast, they do not stop. Nobody knows whose house or which institution the next rocket will fly to. Every day could be the last..."
Marina remembers how she learned to master herself and reconceptualized life. Talks about his new hobbies, volunteering, learning a new profession. And admires the indomitability of the people of Kharkiv.