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My husband saw from the roof that a man’s body was lying in the neighboring yard. He’d been shot in the head. You could tell he’d first been wounded in the leg — he was running away. His pant leg had been cut open to the thigh; he’d been trying to tourniquet his leg to stop the bleeding.
Our neighbor was shot. He was climbing onto the roof to repair it, and they shot him in the leg too. He was lucky it was a through-and-through wound and the bone wasn’t damaged. And we were constantly at risk simply because we’d climb onto the roof to catch a mobile signal.
Our neighbor was killed — an elderly woman who lived across the road. Our neighbors hit a mine while driving their car, trying to evacuate. The woman was severely injured but survived. The husband and child died. Even when there were no explosions, I constantly heard gunfire. When I finally got out [several days later], I saw that along the roads there were simply shot dead civilians lying there — apparently they shot at anyone they saw.
Neighbors told us that their friends' son came running, asking if he could help with anything. He told them that Russians had caught him by the railroad, made him strip, searched for tattoos — and he talked back. A Russian soldier hit him in the face with a rifle butt and shoved him inside a tank. After some time, he heard a powerful explosion, then silence. He opened the hatch from inside and escaped.
On Vokzalna Street, there were outright atrocities — including rapes, abuse of people in shelters. Young soldiers came into our school, made people undress, searched for tattoos, put buckets on their heads, tormented them, tortured them, and then shot them.
They asked what you did for a living — if you said teacher, they shot you immediately. Supposedly teachers were indoctrinating children with Nazism, fascism. But who ended up being the fascists, if they’re killing civilians, including children? And when they raped girls to that extent, saying — so you’ll never be able to give birth to Nazis — is that normal? And their methods aren’t Nazi?
As for the Russian humanitarian aid — what are you talking about? They ransacked all the stores, they robbed houses. Later, my husband went into the neighbor’s house — they’d killed the dog in the yard. You could see they’d been looking for jewelry — all the bags were turned inside out. Compared to what I saw later, that was still minor.
Regarding the photos and what they say — that the bodies are alive, painted, actors, why haven’t they decomposed… They didn’t decompose because we had freezing temperatures — down to minus 18! There was a mass of people, and I’m not even talking about the people in houses, in yards, in cellars, who were only found later, after Russian forces left.
I have two biological sisters living in Italy, one cousin in Russia. Despite being my relatives, they still didn’t believe me. They’d say: “Are you sure those were Russians? Maybe those were Ukrainians in disguise?”
I evacuated on the 21st. Under pressure from my daughter, from relatives — they were sobbing, crying, worrying. My husband categorically refused, said he’d stay in Bucha, that he was needed here more. He helped elderly ladies who couldn’t evacuate, bringing them food. Fed the neighbors' cats and dogs that were left behind. We crossed the railroad tracks, and there was a Russian checkpoint. They pointed their rifles at us and said: — Turn around or we’ll shoot. — We’re evacuating. How do we get through? — If you don’t turn around, we’ll shoot. And be thankful they didn’t shoot. Thanks to the driver — he knew all of Bucha inside out — we made it through.
That not only young women but also little girls were raped — that’s the truth, that’s reality. My daughter grew up in Bucha, she has many classmates and acquaintances there. All of this happened before their eyes. She knows it all firsthand.
Yesterday I was interviewed by Kutaisi television, and they asked: “When do you think the war will end?”
You see, that’s a question for all those people who believe Putin’s propaganda. As long as they believe these lies, this monstrous deception, and refuse to believe even their own relatives who were at the epicenter of all these events — I don’t know how to say it or explain it.
