Since 24th February 2022 "Relaks Café" does not exist any longer. Neither does my house. Popasna was turned into ruins. We have nowhere to come back to. It was a sobering pain to see pictures of our half-destroyed café. We had put our souls into it. All of the equipment was undoubtedly stolen by marauders in Popasna. Time only may heal our wounds. Today I search for a job in Europe and I am ready to start a new life. It was a difficult decision to leave Ukraine. We found shelter in Poland with my adult daughter, volunteering at the railway station of Warsaw. I miss Ukraine. A part of our family is still there. I would like to return and to restart our business as soon as the war is over.
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