The Repenko Family
On February 24th at 5 in the morning, the family couldn’t sleep as the whole village was gripped with the fear of an impending war. With the first sounds of shelling, they descended into the cellar and sat there for some time. By 8 in the morning, tank battles erupted on their street, and electricity and gas disappeared immediately. Within a week, the complete occupation of the village began, accompanied by mistreatment of locals and mysterious disappearances.
The family ran out of food. After a month, the Russians came and forced them out of their home onto the streets. With only their cat and minimal belongings, they crossed the front line on foot. They recalled being shot at by mortars as they ran. Their biggest challenge was that the wife was insulin-dependent, and they had no access to it.
Finding an abandoned dacha in a hamlet within the village, they hid there for a month. The husband would return to their house to plead with the occupiers to feed their dog. The Russians mocked the family when they were found, shooting near their legs and pointing tank barrels at the grandmother to gauge their reactions.
These people survived sheer horror and now live in a two-room dormitory, trying to rebuild their shattered lives.
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