Tetiana is currently 54 years old. The full-scale invasion caught her husband and herself in their apartment in Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast. Hearing the explosions, the couple decided to leave. They made two evacuation attempts. The Sloviansk train station no longer functioned, and so the family went to the nearby city of Kramatorsk aiming to evacuate by train from there. Kramatorsk station was crowded with families and kids waiting in line – there was no way to get on a train. Five days later, the couple found a driver who agreed to take them to the west of the country. The trip was difficult and took four days in a car with three other people. Tetiana and her husband were told that they could only take one bag of their belongings with them, as the car was already filled with other people's luggage. Amidst stress and uncertainty, Tetiana nevertheless packed her vyshyvanka – a national embroidered shirt – as a symbol of her belief in the victory of Ukraine. Since they left Sloviansk in February 2022, the couple has moved four more times. With the help of Helping to Leave, they even managed to rescue Tetiana's mother, who had recently suffered a stroke, from the temporarily occupied city in Donetsk Oblast. Currently, the couple continues to live in Ukraine, and Tetiana`s vyshyvanka awaits the Ukrainian victory.