My country was in an ongoing war for the past five months.
The soldiers who were supposed to come and tell us when it was safe for us to come out of the shelter we called our home, never came.
Were almost out of water and food. We can't stay here anymore. We have to fight our own way out of this hell.
Me, with a baby strapped to my back.
Content Warning: Violence, mentions of sexual assault and war.
*Please note this story was previously published in the best-selling anthology Stand for Ukraine.
