Stories of survivors

Denis Beliayev: «Despite all the horrors we had to go through, we stay positive waiting for the war to end»

Denis Belyaev is used to living in two cities. He comes from Melitopol, but worked in Kyiv for a long time. When the full-scale invasion of russian troops began, he was in the capital. But he felt that he urgently had to go to his native Melitopol in order to save his family and friends.


The way to his small homeland was very difficult. Denis came under fire at the railway station, got to Zaporizhzhia. Unfortunately, due to the occupation of Melitopol, he still cannot get home, to his family.


To be useful, he works in the urban shelter of Zaporizhzhia, where hundreds of IDPs live. He has received humanitarian aid from the Saving Lives project for the residents of the shelter many times, helped distribute food and hygiene means so that each of the residents received everything they needed. In addition to humanitarian aid, he supports them morally. Denis is sure: Together they are able to cope with any troubles.