Hello, hello, I'm Katya from Ukraine. I was born in Donetsk, which was occupied by Russia in 2014. My family and I fled to the Kyiv region. My mum reassured me that war would never come into my life again, that I would never hear loud explosions again. But then came 2022 and Russia's full-scale attack. I was killed in a car when I was trying to leave the occupation with my mother and stepfather. We raised our hands to show that we had no weapons, but the car was shot at anyway. 

I was an obedient daughter since childhood. I loved to draw and dance. My mum would play me music videos and I would dance to them. Later I started going to dances and chose hip-hop. I was flexible and had a good feel for music. I liked to record videos of myself dancing - alone or with my friends. 

I loved shopping, choosing something new for myself. I was a good cook and wrote out recipes. I loved to buy delicacies with my mother and watch Korean series for hours. My mother says I was wise. That I had a brain or even a soul like an adult. Because I could give her such advice that it was as if I were not a child at all.

Before the full-scale war, my mother met love and got married. We were all discussing the possibility of an addition to the family. I wanted a brother so badly! 

But our dreams did not come true. 

Sometimes I come to my mum's dreams. There, she still can't believe that I'm dead, as in her dreams I’m as if I’m alive.