Until 2.03, the fighting went on in the suburbs; there was still water, electricity, central heating, and internet. The situation in the city had worsened significantly since 2.03, when the key infrastructure was damaged by shelling.
It was near -6 ℃, and without central heating, they were really freezing all the time. Together with her neighbours, the group gathered and shared all their food supplies. They cooked once a day on the grill in the yard under permanent shelling. For water, her neighbour went to a well in the neighbouring district of the city. It was really risky and scary but they supported each other, and it helped them survive.
The situation was getting worse every day. The Russian aircraft were constantly roaring over the city. There was no humanitarian assistance, food or medicine supplies. Utilities didn’t work. On March 13 and 14, shelling did not stop. A friend came to them on foot to inform them that tomorrow it would be possible to leave. They collected some stuff, took their neighbours and left in the morning of March 15 (by car).
They joined the evacuation column, which was already going to leave the city. They drove 280 kilometres from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia for around 15 hours. A few days ago she saw the video and picture of her shelled house. The Russian “liberators” freed her from her home and her job, they destroyed the city. The world has no right to turn a blind eye to Russia’s war crimes against civilians and the suffering of people.
