The woman recalls how she took her daughter out after the release of Chuguyev, how warmly her family was greeted by the residents of Germany when they sought shelter there.

We didn't come back

He is a private entrepreneur, a resident of one of the villages in southern Ukraine. The occupiers persecuted the man because he helped our defenders during the anti-terrorist operation.

I was hiding

The "Stories of the Strong" project shares fragments of Oleg's works about what the author and his brothers saw and experienced.

War takes the best

He is an entrepreneur and volunteer from Kamianets-Podilskyi, the initiator and founder of a number of charity projects for displaced children.

I wanted to take care

The woman recalls: "... the bread from the store counters was almost the first to disappear. We had a little of it in reserve, we ate it dry. So when later volunteers brought bread to our house and distributed it for free, my mother hugged that loaf and cried with happiness..."

My dear native Kharkiv...

"I was one of those few Ukrainians who believed that all putin's statements were a bluff, a political game, that Russia would come to its senses and not attack... It turned out that we were bitterly mistaken," says Olesya Shtefan, sharing her memories for "History of the Strong ".

We were sorely mistaken

"On the eve of his death, as if anticipating disaster, the man sent me a message: "If something happens to me, don't let anyone hurt you, and the children too."

I will never see again

Starting her story for "History of the Strong", Olena Gretska from the Kherson region recalls how three days before the war she returned with her family from vacation.

Explosions were heard

Caring about the future of the children, not wanting them to grow up in the space of enemy propaganda, the family decided to evacuate.

The longest day of my life

Iryna tells why she decided to evacuate the city, where she managed to find shelter, what she does today and how her son's fate turned out.

I felt bad..

Today, in the "History of the Strong" project, we get to know Yulia Bazylivska, a psychologist, owner of the children's event space "Emotsyka". Our heroine also talks about the famous personality Asya Beglyarova, who died in Mariupol, and her dream of creating a holiday for all children of Ukraine.

Children need joy

Early in the morning of February 24, 2022, Kateryna Hudyk from Henichesk, who shares her memories for "History of the Strong", was awakened by a banging at the door.

I heard muffled explosions

&quot;Before the war, our family lived in Chuguyev, a small military town 22 kilometers east of Kharkiv. On the morning of February 24, as usual, my sixteen-year-old son and I went to Kharkiv: I went to work at JSC Turboatom, where I worked 28 years old, Slavyk is studying at a music lyceum. Daughter Yana (she is thirteen) was going to school, her husband was going to work.&quot;

Margarita

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The woman recalls: &quot;Passing by the Chuguyiv airfield, we noticed that something was burning there... And in Kharkiv, we already heard loud explosions and saw long queues of cars at gas stations, traffic jams on the roads towards the exit from the city to the west...&quot;

A great war began... Margarita&#39;s eldest son, Vitaly, who works as a children&#39;s coach in Odesa, said that it is possible to evacuate with smaller children to the Bukovel resort. But it was impossible to return to Chuguiv to gather. &quot;So we stayed in Kharkiv, at my mother&#39;s...&quot;

A great war began...

&quot;... the situation in Kharkiv and the outskirts of the city worsened by the hour. Very soon, Chuguiv was captured by Russian troops. We learned from social networks that a free evacuation train was to depart from the Kharkiv railway station to the west of Ukraine...&quot;

We didn't come back

Participant of "History of the Strong"

A great war began...

Evacuation