Natalia is also from Kramatorsk, she came to Bulgaria with her mother, who is disabled, her two sisters, and their three children. In Kramatorsk, which is on the front line, there is an obligatory evacuation, and living there is practically impossible – there is no electricity, no water, and no gas. Half of the building they lived in, had been destroyed by Russian bombing and is now gone.
“We, all the Ukrainians have one dream: that the war will end and we will return back home. And if it is possible, our homes will survive, because there is a lot of bombing currently.
One part of the building I used to live in is gone now. My apartment is in the part that’s still standing, but it’s not clear if it will survive…
I wish the war was over and there was somewhere to go back to that wasn’t just ruins.
We are grateful for your help and support, for responding and helping us. Here, we have a place to live, we have something to eat, and there are organizations that are helping us with our belongings – with children’s clothes, with humanitarian aid… We arrived here with one bag and one suitcase of warm clothes, we had nothing for the summer, everything came from humanitarian funds. I’m grateful that many of the people I talk to are very sympathetic, they step into our shoes and accept us!”
Check out the full interview with Natalia here (the subtitles are in Bulgarian).
Read the rest of the stories:
Nadia, with the never-ending dream of becoming an Olympic champion
Diana on how much the illusion of normality helps
Natalia from Herson who wants her country to be the best in the world
Nadezhda from Nikolaev who believes that when it comes to helping others, Ukrainians could learn a lot from Bulgarians
Natalia, the volunteer from Kyiv, who is happy that she can be helpful to others
Ekaterina from Odessa, who wants everything to be as it was before
The cobbler who now helps in a kitchen and says that Bulgarians actually like Ukrainians
Katya, who we brought to tears by asking one naive question
