Olena's husband demined Bucha, Gostomel, while she had been volunteering as a medic, including the work in the morgue.

Later, she joined the unit of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) as part of the Armed Forces, then worked on the Kharkiv and Izyum directions and took part in the storming and deoccupation of Izyum. Then, the Donetsk region, the Bakhmut district, and the city of Soledar. There, in the heaviest battles, Olena's husband died. After the funeral, she resigned from the ranks of the Armed Forces, but she is still a volunteer and tries to bring benefits where they are most needed.