- How is life here?
- How? It's hard!
It's hard, we are fed up.
Day before yesterday, 7 shells landed right here.
- Here, by the summer kitchen, right?
- Well, 3 shells hit the shop,
near the porch,
from the other side of the house,
7 in total.
Right here, like someone pointed for them.
- Were people there at that moment?
- Yes, my wife was sitting on the bench,
together with our neighbor Tamara.
They hardly managed ran inside.
My wife was wounded.
By 2 fragments.
Not big ones though, small.
- What was that, mines?
- Yes, the mines.
- So, shelling is not only at night but in a day time too?
- Right, it happened at 3 p.m.
I was in town.
A neighbor called me and said that shell landed next to our house.
Thanks God, everything was ok.
Just minor injuries.
On the other side of the shop,
a mine landed there too.
Look at the fence there:
million of fragments!
The fence from corrugated deck became like a sieve,
like a sieve!
If anyone was standing there,
he would be torn in pieces and wouldn't survive.
- How are you surviving here,
with no power, no gas, no water?
- You know, we are really used to it by now.
I feel like I was living my whole life this way, honestly.
When I get up in the morning,
I know that I have to bring water etc.
My car is parked here for 3 years already.
If there is a job for me anywhere,
I go to Donetsk.
Before the war I used to repair trucks.
Here, near my house.
I was bringing them here.
There are people who could bring cars now too,
but where to?
- Do you hear explosions now?
- This is from Promka,
on Yasinovataya bridge.
They are constantly shelling Yasinovataya,
So... this was nothing!
Even my granddaughter isn't afraid of this.
- How are children dealing with shelling?
- They are used to it.
They are so used to it, that even if there is a bang one street from here,
we aren't paying attention.
But when shells are flying over here, then...
- Do you ever get scared?
- I do, of course.
You know, frankly speaking,
I'm here for 3 years
and it's a matter of habit, don't know...
They were bombing last night,
somewhere close.
I got out at night to have a look.
My worry is
that if my garage is hit, it will get on fire.
It happened to many houses here.
Mine hits and house catches fire.
But there is no one around.
And house is burnt down.
If it happens in day time,
Vera Ivanovna and other people are here.
When they see it, they give a call to Vera Ivanovna.
And Vera Ivanovna can call fire fighters and they do come.
They come.
But there is no one here in the evening.
They are all hiding in their homes.
- It's probably not safe to walk on the streets here in the evening?
- Yes.
Well, our life begins in the morning
and ends around 5 p.m.
That's all.
At 5, 6, 7 p.m.
shelling begins and intense one.
But in the morning,
artillery can be working before 8 a.m.
and then it's quiet in a day time.
This is nothing.
And what starts in the evening here...
And we are trying then
at 6, 7 p.m. the latest, go to the basement.
We are moving there cause it's safer.
If a mine is flying by, with a hissing sound,
like military explained us:
if mine is flying at you, you can barely hear it.
Girls were sitting over there
and as soon as they heard the hissing sound,
it fell near them.
They couldn't do anything.
They quickly ran away.
Luckily, they were near the porch.
But if they'd been on a street,
mine would get them.
- So, you are sleeping in the basement all the time?
- Yes, 3 years in the basement.
- Is it cold there?
No light there?
-I have light.
- From a generator?
- No.
- Candles? - No.
I have a TV,
I have light,
I have a stove there.
I bought some LEDs
and hang them there, the most powerful ones.
This accu is good for a week.
And another one I got from Frenchmen, I think.
They brought it for my granddaughter,
in order she could study.
I'm taking it to Donetsk to charge,
that's for TV
and we have enough power for 2 weeks.
We are going inside only in the evening, to watch TV.
To wath news, sometimes a movie.
We almost never go to the basement during the day.
We have a summer kitchen here etc
and in the evening we go to the basement.
- You have animals here, I see. - Yes.
These ones belong to Vera Ivanovna
and ours we are raising over there.
Do you see chicken over there?
And over there are Vera's and Ivanov's chicken.
And over here are ours.
We have rabbits too.
I'm making hay for them.
Gotta do it, you know.
Have very little money now,
difficult to get a job too, since I'm 57 years old.
nobody needs me.
I didn't go anywhere,
though I have had a chance to go to Moscow.
I have relatives in Ivanovo.
I have family in Voronezh and Belgorod too.
They were inviting me.
But how could I leave all this?
Do you understand?
- Shooting from near by now...
- No, it's from Promka area.
They are based 700 meters from us.
- 700 meters to the Ukrainian army positions, right? - Right.
- What would you like to say to people from Europe, America,
Canada, Australia,
to simple people, like yourself?
- What can I say to them?
I wanna tell them that I'm against this stupid war.
I'd like all people to care about each other.
And I'd like Europe to influence Poroshenko somehow.
Everyone knows it's wrong,
but can't do anything about it!
No one.
A gang has gathered there
and do whatever they want.
Yesterday I was listening to the political analysts.
They gather Minsk [group]
And Ukraine... as soon as they open their mouths,
Ukraine starts to avoid answering questions.
Why the Hell should we make any agreements with them??
What for are these round tables?
When we heard about Minsk-1,
we thought they'd come to an agreement.
And how many of these Minsk meetings took place already??
We don't pay attention to them any more!
Cause they are no f...g use,
the only right way is, I think,
to give an order to kick their ass real hard!
Only then they'll understand.
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