How a family of farmers from Donetsk Oblast relocated their farm

Ukrainians are incredibly strong in spirit, brave, and heroic. This is confirmed by the story shared by farmer Olena Kirichenko in an interview with LIGA.net. 

The Kirichenko family is rather large, consisting of 17 people. Before the full-scale invasion, the family lived in the village of Markove, Kramatorsk district, Donetsk Oblast. Everyone had their own business and, of course, their own mini-farm.

"We all lived in the same village (except for my brother), but everyone had their own house, their own job, their own household chores. We were united only by the traditions that our parents had started - to gather for holidays, to help each other. I worked as an assistant teacher in a kindergarten. But a teacher's salary alone doesn't get you far, so I kept cattle, which brought in income. Besides, what kind of a villager are you if you don't have a cow in your yard? We never sold milk because you usually get paid peanuts for it. I did baking, and my sister processed dairy products and then sold them," says Olena Kirichenko.