With the occupation of Kherson in 2022, the rehabilitation of children with disabilities was suspended, as was a whole series of activities for them. Children with disabilities need medicines constantly to maintain their vital functions. Pharmacies closed very quickly, the almost forgotten Soviet word “get” reappeared in everyday life, the woman recalls: “Medicines could be ordered and paid for from familiar volunteers, some of whom were in the Ukrainian government-controlled area. And they tried to take them to Kherson at the risk of their lives. The Russians did not always let them through. There were cases when volunteers were taken prisoner; some were killed by Russians at checkpoints. Sometimes cargo was simply stolen. It was such a scary time…”
Read the story of a woman from Kherson who survived the occupation and continues helping under fire.
