Published on: 04/17/2022 – 22:12 Modified on: 04/17/2022 – 22:14
Russian troops this weekend hit an oil refinery in Lysytchansk, a town very close to the front line across from Sevierodonetsk. The Russians disrupted the evacuation of civilians and opened fire in the city center during the silence regime – that is, the ceasefire to open a humanitarian corridor. Meeting on the spot with a family waiting for the fighting to end.
With our special correspondents in Lysytchansk, Clea Broadhurst and Jad El Khoury
Like many cities in this region that have been under Russian fire since the beginning of the war, the streets of Lysytchansk are deserted.
Fatinia, a 72-year-old woman, says everyone is taking shelter in the shelters.
Our life is similar to that of moles. We go upstairs from our basement and then back down, grabbing some stale bread along the way. Missiles keep flying over our house. Rather “fun”, right?
Her granddaughter Asia didn’t want to leave the city because her soul is here. Despite the risks she faces, she remains confident that the war will end soon.
Not only did they shoot at the bread trucks, they also shot at our local bakery. In Severodonetsk they are destroying food supplies, they want us to starve in the end. We wanted to go buy bread: yesterday it cost 62 cents, today 78…
Dimitri, Asia’s father, explains that he tries to keep them happy as much as possible by playing music at their house.
During the war nobody can really play outside anymore. I used to have my own rock band. Now we teach drums to our kids, my daughter and her friends. My friends and I are trying to change her mind a bit while we wait for it to end
Nevertheless, he half-heartedly admits that he hopes for a victory for the Ukrainian troops.
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