The Ukrainian Zanaida Makishaiva is eighty-two years old and has already survived the Second World War and later the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Now she has survived the Russian occupation of her village Borodyanka thanks to her chickens and their eggs.
When the first bombs fell on the site, killing their neighbor, they also hit Zanaida Makishaiva's chicken coop.
The old woman brought the animals into her small apartment without further ado.
During the 30-day Russian occupation, she reached the nearby well for drinking water, only at the risk of her life.
Food is still scarce, there is little else but potatoes.
Water and gas have not yet reached the small town near Kyiv again.
Since the place is back in Ukrainian hands,
the supply has improved somewhat.
Zanaida Makishaiva now walks the destroyed streets for several hours a day, past burned-out tanks and bombed-out buildings, in search of something to eat.
The church, like the city, distributes relief supplies from time to time.
"It's quieter now," she says, "we have radio again.
For a month there was nothing, I felt numb”.
Zanaida Makishaiva lives alone, her son lives with his family in another part of Ukraine.
"When the radio says it's midnight, I'll take valerian and sleep until five in the morning.
The dreams got better.
It was so terrible before, so many people died.
It was scary."