Choreographer Ilona Gvozdeva gets a lot of questions every day about why her 2-year-old son now lives with his grandmother, and not with his parents. The dancer is already tired of such messages and reproaches in her direction, so she decided to answer the commentators on Instagram. As Ilona said, the family agreed to such measures because of a full-scale war, which seriously hit the family's financial capabilities..

" Despite this, we decided to finish building our house and continue to live.. So far, my activity is more productive in terms of finances than men, so I can’t leave my job and just enjoy raising my children, because the family is not only about love stories, good photos on insta and so on... After all, no one is interested in knowing. Life in Kyiv is not cheap, the education of the first child, courses, construction, nannies for the youngest, all this is very expensive and it’s impossible to pull everything,"

The dancer admitted that she is going through a hard separation from her son, but understands that now it is better for him to live with his grandparents. “Every day I see mothers on playgrounds with sons and tears in my eyes and my heart hides that I’m not next to my own now, but I understand that now it’s not possible to resolve all this in any other way... So stop poisoning me with your advice on motherhood. Stop trying your narrow thinking and patterns on other families. After all, I show in insti only 20% of my life and what I see fit. I won't sacrifice myself, don't wait. I have a wonderful family, I am a wonderful mother and I myself will decide how to live,” said Ilona.