
On
February 24, 2022 at about 4:50 a.m.,
we woke up, my wife Svitlana and I,
and argued whether the sounds we were hearing
were a rocket or not. Then our kids came into the
bedroom and we covered them with blankets.
We started reading messages and news. While
calming the children, we also explained to them
that a war had started and that we were going to
get them to a safe place.
We understood that the battle for Kyiv would
last long so we decided to move the kids as far
away from rockets as we possibly could. Within
hours, a huge number of people in cars began
to flee the city and created many traffic jams.
We waited and visited some friends ...