An elderly couple with a disability decided not to stay away from helping their compatriots during the war.
Martsenyuk family from Odessa, elderly couple with disabilities , decided not to stay away from helping fellow countrymen during the war, – says the TV channel “Today”.
On their site are two small houses: in one couple lived alone, in another rented rooms to builders. Currently, instead of builders, there are three dozen migrants from Kherson, Kharkiv and Mykolayiv regions , where active hostilities are taking place. The couple does not take money from them.
“There were builders, yes, we rented beds. And then, when the war started, we decided: why will this room be empty? Let the people live,” says Volodymyr Martsenyuk, the owner of the house. “People need help! If we don't help!” If we don't help !, we won't win. And if we support each other, we will win faster. “
Martsenyuks say they are ready to accept more refugees – there are free beds. Money for rent and utilities is not taken from guests, and the state does not count on assistance for the accommodation of migrants: Vladimir and his wife say that they do not have the opportunity to go to court and submit documents.
Lolita 12 years, she immigrated from the Russian-occupied Kherson. With her mother Larysa and younger brother Myshko, the girl left occupied Kherson at the end of April – for complete obscurity. Her mother says that the family had to leave the two-room apartment and their hometown for the safety of the children. The girl hung pictures over her bed: she says they remind her of home and life before the arrival of Russian troops.
“It's a great memory for me. At night, when we were bombed, we saw a flurry, we saw rockets flying, we bombed so hard that our beds shook,” she said. They stole cars, the police stole cars. We had a house, they took out blankets, sofas “.
“There was a moment: we were told that the connection appeared near the post office,” says her mother Larisa Petrichenko (the Russian military jammed mobile communications in the occupied areas). A car, an armored personnel carrier with machine guns passed by: they saw that there were a lot of people there and just started shooting people in the legs. “
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“We wanted to take the children out because we didn't know what it would be like, whatever they thought. And no one knows. We went to be on the territory of free Ukraine,” says Larysa./p>
“I really want to go home and go to school. I never wanted to go to school!” – says Lolita.
Natalia and Oksana are also immigrants from the Kherson region. “It's quiet here for now, we'll be here. But we each have our own family, and we're not at home,” they say. “So the plans are just to go home.” it: celebrate, look after all the children together, share experiences. But most dream of going to visit each other after the victory. The hosts who gave them the roof also promise to visit everyone.
