Through the war. The family history of Inna and Alexander Tkalichi

But within a few hours they both knew that this morning would be the last quiet day in their lives. Oleksandr Tkalich literally decided to go to the military enlistment office. At first he did not want to take it, because the priority was among those who had combat experience. But soon the situation changed: within a few months the summons came to him just to work. "I was called me about an hour and a half before leaving the bus. I took soap, towel, toothpaste and went," Alexander recalls.

At home, Inna gathered in a few minutes a man who was able to: tea, coffee, sandwiches. There was no time for conversations or tears, as the bus went almost immediately. "I stood in the kitchen when he called," Collect me food for three days "," Inna says. - "And all. I had 20 minutes. " So Inna and their daughter Sonya were left alone. The baby was told that Dad was on a business trip, but she quickly felt that something was wrong here.

Sun refused to talk to her father's video, asked when he returned. "Once she said that she was probably offended by her father that she did not come for so long," Inna remembers tears. All this time, the woman tried without Alexander to stay, did not allow herself to cry, because she understood that he should be a support for her daughter and her husband. Even during the most difficult moments, Inna answered calls with a restrained smile in her voice. "When he called, I couldn't say that I was bad.

I had to support him so that he was a little easier there," Inna Tkalich admits. During his service in the 68th separate Eger Brigade, Alexander became Saper. His task was to install mines, stretch marks, strengthen positions. Mostly worked at night. It was at night near Pavlovka, when the enemy made a breakthrough that Alexander's mouth was sent for mine. It was then that he and his brothers came under fire. Alexander was injured in the head.

Thanks to the prompt assistance of brothers and rapid evacuation, the man managed to receive professional medical care in a timely manner. Inna knew nothing about the wounds, because the man called, saying that he was very busy. In fact, Alexander was already on the way to the hospital. Only the next day one of the fighters called and asked, "Inno, and in which hospital is Sasha lying?" "I have been knocked out of my feet," she says. - "I did not know what to think.

Then I was told that they were fired . . . " After treatment in Vinnitsa and Dnipro, where Alexander Tkalich passed the course of rehabilitation, he returned home. Inna was then ill and did not immediately realize that the courier who delivered the order but her husband was calling the door. When she opened, she saw Alexander. "I wanted to cry and laugh at the same time," Inna recalls her emotions at that moment. Sonya did not know the joyous news yet because the parents wanted to make a surprise.

Alexander hid behind Inna's back, and when he came out, the girl rushed to him with such despair that her mother was scared not to strangle in her arms. Alexander returned to work almost immediately, but returning to a peaceful life was not easy. "These are two different worlds - here and here. At first you feel nothing. And then again you get used to family warmth and gradually get back to life. " The man notes that not all veterans can adapt. Many just have no one to talk to.

Their own feelings often remain in the shade, because even the closest not everything can be told. "We need a community. At least at the city level. We can speak. Because we understand each other better than anyone," he adds. The Tkalich family is grateful to Ferrexpo, because the company supported mobilized workers: it helped with equipment, first aid kits, bulletproof vests. "But in the rear, support is needed no less," Inna is convinced. "The wives and mothers of defenders also need support.