- I'm going to Odessa today, at 8:30.
My son is in Odessa, at the front lines now,
he says that it's not very quiet there either.
I'm worried about getting there because it was not so long ago
when a missile hit an evacuation train,
and then a bus got shelled.
That is very scary.
But the desire to be with my family makes the fear go away.
Well, for instance, when there is no opportunity,
you think you would like to go somewhere.
And when there is a chance to go, you understand
that your country, everything you have,
all this can collapse in an instant,
then you begin to appreciate it even more.
- East or West, home is best. It's a folk saying.
And anywhere, wherever you go,
you will still feel somewhat like a stranger in any case.
And we're heading back [to Kharkiv]
right now to, well, we're more needed there, anyway.
- It is very scary and the decision itself
is very difficult to make, whether to return home or not.
And yes, we want to go home
because we haven't been home in a long time.
For example, we do not know
what's happening to our houses in Kharkiv,
even with some of our relatives.
My parents stayed there.
Besides, I live in Saltivka.
In Saltivka, in Kharkiv.
It is the area where the heaviest
shelling has been taking place.
And in fact, it is very difficult
because everyone is afraid for their lives.
We do not know what will happen in a minute, in two, in three.
The situation is changing every second.
We are trying to think positively.
You know, there's a hope for the positive,
that everything will be fine, but every minute it can change.
- We spontaneously decided to go home.
We are just tired, but we will come home
to Kyiv and stay for a few days,
and then go to my parents' place.
They live in Zhytomyr region, a bit further.
We arrived here on March 6. Our trip was very hard.
We were in a compartment together with 13 other people,
among them, there was a little baby.
Well, of course I'm still worried because
no one cancelled the sirens and explosions.
Same goes on for Lviv, as well as Kyiv.
They are heard everywhere, all over Ukraine.
That's why I'm still feeling scared, going back to Kyiv.
But morally, we are tired
because still we are not at home.
We are like guests, and guests shouldn't stay for too long.
First, I'm probably going to wash my cat that was left
with my old grandmother who didn't want to go.
She wouldn't leave Kyiv.
She said she wouldn't go, no matter what happens.
You keep in touch with everyone,
maintain a relationship with them.
But, unfortunately, when it comes to animals,
you can neither pet them nor talk to them.