‘Doors shaking from bombing’: Ukrainian refugee living in Kitchener looks back at 1,000 days of Ukraine-Russia war [Video]

Inna Biliaieva fled from her home in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine two years ago, but the destruction and devastation she left behind still feels fresh in her mind.

“I was sitting in my house and the doors [were] shaking from bombing. And I just didn’t know what to do,” she told CTV News.

Biliaieva, and millions more caught up in the Russia invasion, were left with a difficult decision.

“You have a choice to stay – and probably will die – or go somewhere [else].”

She, like many, has lost many loved ones.

“They defended us and they died already. Many of them, unfortunately. It really hurts.”

She went to Germany and Romania, before moving to Canada nine months ago.

Biliaieva, however, continues to struggle with feelings of guilt.

“Because you actually feel that you need to support your country, your people.”

In 2022, she found her calling – helping other Ukrainian refugees.

“Morally, I cannot do something different. I just cannot. Whenever I will be, in any country, …