Participant of the " Vera and her husband Roman Duda have two children together - one-year-old Matvey and three-year-old Ivan. When the full-scale war began, Vera was pregnant with her second child. On the YouTube channel “I Am United,” the artist shared how she experienced the first days of the war. " At that time there was no second child yet, I was pregnant. These were the first months, the belly was not yet visible. Like all people, we slept in our own bed. I woke up to an SMS from my friend, who wrote to me: “Vera, everything has begun.”. Then I clearly heard something flying above our heads. It’s so interesting that the first such reaction was like that of a real female mother - I just lay down on Ivan, this is my son, I didn’t even understand what I was doing yet, but I began to cover him with myself,” said Kekelia.

The performer admitted that she believes that pregnancy at that time helped her keep peace. The most difficult thing for Vera, as for most Ukrainians, was that we were forced to give up our lives. The artist admitted how she and her husband explained to their eldest son that there was a war going on: “We just gradually, even during gatherings, explained to him: “Wan, look, now anxiety is a huge robot that wants to protect us. And that’s why we need to get ready now and go to shelter." We gather calmly, without nerves, without running around the apartment. We have collected backpacks for everyone.

He knows that he needs to get dressed and wait until everyone is dressed and we go out together,"

Kekeliya shared what she does when anxiety starts. First of all, the artist calms herself down, then calms the child down, demonstrates her calmness to him, hugs the boy tightly and clearly voices the plan of action.. After that they go to the shelter. Let us remember that a month ago Vera Kekelia showed the face of her one-year-old son for the first time and shared a photo of how she celebrated his birthday in Kyiv.