In 2014, #Kherson local #Ihor_Stepanenko fell in love with a young nursery assistant, #Svitlana, already the mother of two - a son, #Stanislav, and a daughter, #Daria They got married and had two more children, #Polina and #Yehor.

8 years later, #Russian troops invaded #Ukraine. While #Russia occupied #Kherson, #Ihor's car was confiscated by the #Russians, his apartment was heavily bombed, and after the explosion of the #Kakhovka hydroelectric dam, the apartment was flooded.