Elena left the city on February 26 after spending one night in a shelter. She told Insider that the shelter where she spent the night could be called a bomb shelter. She said that she was glad that she ended up there, because it was dry, warm, and had access to electricity. She said that her friends who stayed in the student hostel were less fortunate. Elena told Insider that she made it to her home in 300 kilometers from Kyiv. She said that many men take their families to western Ukraine and return to fight. Some men are returning to volunteer but others are not. On the day the invasion started, the Ukrainian President declared martial law and stopped men aged 18 to 60 from leaving the country. Elena said her district had collected 10 million Ukrainian hryvnias for the Ukrainian army. She said that there is powerful support for the volunteer movement in Ukraine. Keep reading.
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