The girl has already undergone three operations at the republican burn center in Kyiv. According to doctors, the girl remains in serious condition, but all her medical indicators are stable.

However, according to specialists, Nastya may need surgery at a specialized clinic abroad. And her parents have no money for this.

In addition, doctors invite donors to give blood for Nastya.

The fire

The tragedy that caused Nastya's burns occurred last week in one of the villages of Kharkiv Oblast. During a fire in the village of Vorontsovka, where the Ovchar family lives, little Nastya saved her 2-year-old sister.

When the parents were not at home – the mother had gone to arrange child benefits, and the father had gone to meet her – the older girl was putting firewood into the stove and her clothes caught fire, according to the father, Oleksandr Ovchar, relaying his daughter's words. Firefighters say there was a sofa next to the stove on which the younger girl was sleeping at the time.

At first Nastya tried to put out the fire on her own. Then, realizing she couldn't do it alone, the girl, shielding her sister with her own body, carried her out of the burning house and brought her to the neighbors.

The girls walked barefoot through mud and ice.

"Wash Lyudochka's feet... There's a fire," was all Nastya managed to say before losing consciousness.

The father, who ran over upon hearing the news, had to ride on horseback more than 4 kilometers to the nearest telephone.

At first the girl was taken to one of the Kharkiv hospitals, and then taken to a Kyiv clinic.

Nastya's father is currently with his daughter in the hospital in Kyiv. The two-year-old sister Lyuda, saved by Nastya, will stay with relatives in a neighboring village for now.

After returning to Kharkiv, the father Oleksandr Ovchar says, he plans to take his younger daughter to Vorontsovka so they can wait together for Nastya's return.

Bank account number where money can be transferred for Nastya: 35421006001463 at the State Treasury Department of Kharkiv Oblast,

MFO 851011,

ZKPO code 03189541.