In the first days of the full-scale invasion, TV presenter Lydia Taran remained in Kyiv - she kept the information defense on the air of the "

However, a few days later, for security reasons, she decided to leave for a safe place with her daughter Vasilina. We were in western Ukraine for several days, but decided to go further, to France - at the invitation of friends, and in order to make room for those Ukrainians who have nowhere to go.

Twice Russian missiles hit the housing complex of Lydia Taran. Unfortunately not without casualties. Because of these shellings, Lydia decided not to rush back to Ukraine for the time being - for the sake of safety and education of her daughter Vasilina. But the other day, a general photo of Lida's touching meeting with her best friend and godfather Marichka Padalko appeared on the Web in Kyiv. TV presenters admit when they first saw each other after 5 months of the war - they hugged and cried.

Lydia Taran came to Kyiv for a few days to fix windows and doors that were damaged due to the shelling of her house, to take equipment for work and, most importantly, to see her mother and brother.

From the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Maria Gavrilovna decided to stay at home - she cooperated with her neighbors and took care of the garden.

Lida says she misses her relatives and friends very much, but she does not plan to stay in Kyiv, because there is a risk of repeated hits in her house, which is located next to the Artem plant.

Lydia is trying to do everything possible to support Ukraine: she cooperates with the mayor's office of the city of Nancy, speaks in French about the war in Ukraine and city events, gives interviews to local media, conducts charity concerts in different cities of Europe, advises journalists. Also, together with colleagues, she opened the Ukraine SOS program, sends humanitarian cargo to Ukraine and oversees the charity project "