The town of Lyman, in Donetsk Oblast, was liberated just over a month ago by the Ukrainian army as part of its vast counter-offensive. Before the start of the war, 20,000 people lived in this city. Many fled when the Russian army arrived, but some remained during the occupation.
And for seven months, Dasha, her daughter and her mother lived together in a small, cramped space, in the basement, this Ukrainian Post employee tells BFMTV.
“We first went down to the basement on April 26, when a strike hit our building and killed a child,” he explains.
“It’s too hard to bear”
Since then, according to her, the three of them live in a space of just three square meters. In this refugee basement, about twenty people live in similar conditions.
His unfortunate neighbor, Alina, a 75-year-old widow, cooks on one of the two wood-burning stoves they use for heating. She also has only one small room, with no water or electricity. “How can I feel in this basement? It’s really hard to bear… but what else can I do?”
All these refugees are forced to live together in the dark. “I only go to my apartment to go to the bathroom. We can’t sleep there because it’s too cold and too humid. It’s impossible…” Sasha explains to BFMTV.
For several days now, the cold has begun to arrive, forcing these inhabitants to contribute to buy what will allow them to stay warm for a month. Because although winter has not yet begun, it already promises to be long and complicated.
Source: BFM TV
