- They say we need to prepare for a difficult winter, because there will be a problem with food. So I bought a package of pasta with sugar, several packages of millet, butter, salt,” the woman lists. - I also wanted to buy buckwheat, rice, canned fish, but they are very expensive. I also bought 20 candles, matches and a flashlight. If there is no electricity, I will have something to light with.

- Why do you need so much? - the man is surprised.

- My mother, who survived the war, always said that you need to have a reserve just in case. Let him stand - he doesn’t ask for food. Mom said that they had to experience how they were starving. I never thought that I would live to see the war.



- We also bought some products, because they are getting more expensive every day. The son-in-law bought a battery charged with solar energy for 10 thousand hryvnia. This is in case there is no light; another elderly woman in a black jacket joins the conversation. “In my apartment they laid rugs and rugs everywhere. There is even a large carpet hanging on the wall. The grandchildren laughed and said: “Throw it away, grandma, it’s a rag.” And I think: it’s good that I didn’t throw it away, because in winter it will be warmer if the central heating is turned off. I’m holding a duvet, I’ll cover myself with it. She knitted woolen socks for everyone.

“If there is no light and heating, then my wife and I will move to a country house,” a man of about 60 shares his plans. “We have a small brick house there, there is a stove.” I have already prepared the firewood. They grew potatoes, carrots, beets and onions. So that we don't die of hunger. Once in the villages there was no electricity at all, then they were lit with kerosene lamps. I found one in the storage room of my parents' house. I cleaned it and made a new clamp. Perhaps now he will agree. I still have an old generator that runs on gasoline. Our people are accustomed to the fact that the temperature in the apartment should be 25-28 degrees. If the temperature is slightly lower, then they already pay.

“And the children and I will go to our relatives in the village if it’s cold in the apartment in winter.” They have a private house there that can be heated with wood. Living in the village is easier; food can be cooked even on the fireplace. It's a sin for us to complain. I'm more concerned about the person who is fighting. They sleep there in cold dugouts, risking their lives every day, and we rest peacefully in apartments or houses. And we are still complaining: one is not there, the other is not,” says an emotional young woman in a bright scarf. - Winter and cold can be survived, they are not as terrible as war. The main thing is that victory comes and our people return home alive. Because children cry for daddy every day. And we can handle it in the rear...

Thank you all for your attention... Olesya.