Amid Ukraine war, pop star details harrowing escape from Kyiv; 'My walls were shaking'

Ukrainian pop star Oleksandra Zaritska, popularly known as Sasha, is main vocalist of band namely, Kazka. singer is lone member of her group who successfully me it to United States after escaping from Kyiv. During an interaction with Fox News, Zaritska said that three women and three men of her band are still stuck in Kyiv as Russia continues its military attack in Ukraine.

Zaritska details her escape from Kyiv

While speaking of Ukraine War, singer revealed that it was 'long' journey for her to flee from Kyiv. musician, who was born in Kharkiv informed outlet that almost 90% of city is destroyed due to Russian invasion. On second day of war, Sasha along with her pet dogs travelled from her Kyiv apartment to her house. She revealed that her house is close to Hostomel Airport, and what usually takes a 30-minute ride to reach her home, on that particular day, was about five or six hours due to heavy traffic.

"It was a long journey. 'Long' is an understatement", she said. While recalling her escape, Zaritska said that airport near house was bombed and y could hear massive explosions all around city. "We all get to my house because we was thinking that re would be a safe place because this house is not in Kyiv. On first day of war we were thinking war will be only in Kyiv and in big cities. But actually my house, it was near airport, and on second day of war, this airport was bombed," she ded.

For few few days, singer's family could barely sleep and it was after that y decided to leave country. She said, "It was very hard because we heard big explosions, like all time, mostly in evening. My walls were shaking. Every two minutes we heard explosions. re were such huge explosions at one time that we all, from different rooms, would run into bathroom. After this, on sixth day, we decided to leave house."

singer with her three dogs, mom and sister drove out of city, however, rest of her family is still in Ukraine. musician confirmed that her family is safe but, she has no clue about what is left of her house.

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