In the key Harbor city of Mykolaiv, where the Ukrainian forces stubbornly took control off Invasion of Russian forces seeking to move West, many residents choose it remain in hometown during acclimatization with Strikes and shortages.
southern city he is key obstacle for Russian forces are trying move West of the Crimea to seize Odessa, the main port of Ukraine on Black Sea, has been hit in The more More than three weeks since the invasion of Russian forces. But the citizens are determined to survive and defend it despite the constant bombardment.
Nearly a month ago, Russia sent troops over the border on what you call itspecial Operation ‘it it says not designed to occupy lands but destroy her neighbor military capacity and capture Who do you consider dangerous nationalists? United Nations human rights office He said on On Tuesday, 953 civilians were killed, but the Kremlin denied targeting civilians. Russian forces tried to storm Mykolaiv on March 4th but met with fierce resistance.
In the eastern Inhulskyi district of The cityAn unexploded artillery rocket can be seen stuck up On the sidewalk, a traffic cone is planted next to it to warn motorists.
a little further, in The vast cemetery city, another unexploded missile almost penetrated the earth up to its fins. Stop the smoke from burning garbage in The air.
There are a dozen family Friends gathered to bury Igor Dondukov, 46. He was killed along the way with dozens of else soldiers last Friday, when military The barracks fell fire. for him elder brotherSergey, crying while kissing a swollen and bloodied Dendukov face.
Sergey’s wife, Galina, puts a cross in her pocket of Dundukov’s clothes before the coffin are sealed and lowered into the ground. Igor enlisted in start of The invasion, Sergey told Agence France-Presse (AFP).
“We supported his commitment to defend our homeland,” he said, adding that he rejected any idea of leave the city Although prosperity of Artillery fire in The distance.
“This is our land and we are live here. and where are we run to? Where are we run to? we grew up up here.”
Galina agreed. We were born here and grew up up here. And we have nowhere else to go. No relatives abroad. number-one. “
if it was good part of The city and its prewar population of 500,000—mostly towards Odessa, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) to the southwest—those who remain Determined to hold out.
In the afternoon, an air raid devoured a building. Witnesses say it was a hotel with a bank tree branch on Earth floor. Several hundred meters away, 79-year-old Anatoly Yakunin calmly picked up up Debris and clean up the broken glass.
“Leave? But what do you do?” Asked. “I have four grandchildren here, one who fight. How can I leave them? “
In the neighborhood of Colpacino, which includes several blocks of Residential buildings population It fell from 12,000 to less than 1,000, according to Alexander Zadera. 56-yearHe had to pull out his 80s mother from her apartment after building injured on March 7.
We are used to eating with This type of my knowledge noise,” He said of Fighting on the adjacent front. “Now even my mother identify sounds of various types of Artillery and rockets fire,” The former air force colonel added Sarcastically.
The building’s population set themselves up in the basement for duration. In the back between two ranks A game of It was backgammon left Residents are waiting share tea in lit candle main area.
“we pass Our evenings are here to pray for Our home, our soldiers, teacher Ina Corey said. “Every time there is a raid or strike, we come down here. And when things calm down down we go back upAnd so on on,” she adds.
Korean trying to organize remote layers for her students who Owns left The city or the state. “There were quite a few of us Here at the beginning but a lot left The city because they have children or family. But we’ll stay until the end.” says. We are Ukrainians patient people But we won’t give our country up to anyone. “
Every little helps
Courtyard of Psychiatric Hospital in Mykolaiv’s echo resounds with The sound of broken glass cliff up by staff and volunteers. Every day, residents clean up debris from latest Bombed by the Russian army and get ready for The next.
Using whatever resources they can lay their hands on onthey are just Some of Those who try to do their homework support Ukrainian forces who So far thwarted the Russian rush towards Odessa.
Nurse Svetlana Moraska for her eyes Red from crying, crying again when she saw the hole that appeared in In front of me of The women’s detoxification center in the hospital. The interface of the center has also It was blown away in blast.
But despite the damage, the blow caused No victims, Oleg Kondratenko, a manager At the facility, according to Agence France-Presse. “The patients of Psychiatric Hospital in Other buildings that were not hit,” He said.
In the main Patio, staff and a bunch of young Volunteers were working for clear Far from the most obvious effects of Bombing, sweeping and picking up shattered glass
“Face with Russia’s aggression we have to participate in Some way,” He said one young volunteering in a black beanie and down Jacket. “me want to join regional defense Legion, but they don’t have enough weapons for Everyone, like that for I am now helping out like This is it added. “We have to clean everything up because they can bomb again And if there is still broken glass around it, it will be flat more dangerous.”
Yesterday we cleaned a file warehouse and protection windows with tape” added. “I’m a handyman, I need to do something i more Helpful here,” he said, in front of the hospital manager He interrupted him and prevented him from revealing his name or saying more for Security reasons.
Oleg Yarchenko, road maintenance Factor in Peacetime, his wife Lilia drove the car around area in A brown truck asks those manning the security checkpoints what to do need If possiblesupplied.
He can give them “firewood, cigarettes and food” but also 54 – Medicines and sleeping bags – he is old, and he has a swollen beard and he walks with Stick.
The company he works for for also It has trucks transporting supplies to nearby villages that access The roads were destroyedsaid Yarchenko, who children They fled to Bulgaria a few days ago.
“You have to be completely mentally ill start war in Twenty one century,” He said of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In the car park of supermarket one of The city’s remaining business, Nikolai Oskchik, 69-year-old was a widower also He makes his modest contribution to the war effort.
with the help of Spread and he is a deaf dumb friend out Mixture of bric-a-brac – Hoover parts, kitchen accessories and other utensils – on Hood of Moskowitz blue carA 37-yearOld Soviet antique. He said he gives his goods to militaryor sell it to the troops “in half price” for buy same medicine.
“I’m old fightOskjek sighed, father of a military nurse. “But at least I can do it for they.”
stress claims baby bubble
in just minutes, baby Katya is lying on she has mother Tamara Kravchuk’s chest is unaware of The joy and solace it brought. It’s a moment of Bliss and gratitude, even though the war is raging close by.
“I am very happy. No matter what happens now – I am the happiest person … daughter healthy. God willing, peace.” 37year-old Kravchuk liar in hospital bed in Mykolaiv, Reuters.
staring at her new daughter’s face And little hands, you speak of The future. The despair and anxiety that pervaded her thoughts before Katya’s birth – for Currently.
“I think the war will end and we will end,” he added live As before, our lives will be quiet again, said Kravchuk. “I hope children won’t see all this crazy stuff and everything will be like that good. “
The head of The maternity ward Valentin Budaranchuk was smiling after the birth of Katya. “a new 39- saidyearOld or old. “That’s why we still have hope. Today a new Our little girl came world. “
Russians invasion brought a wave of new births in Mykolaiv, like women Budaranchuk said he went into labor due to stress. Katia baby 49 since the start of the war on February 24.
“During the first 10 days we had baby Prosperity – a lot of births. I think that’s because of a lot of The stress… was very unusual.”
now giving birth rate He is back back to normal for hospital, but a lot people They have escaped from city.
Before Katya, Kravchuk was afraid, especially when there were explosions at a distance of 500 meters (yards) from the hospital, she said.
“I’m really scared of What will happen next how will end.”
In the key Harbor city of Mykolaiv, where the Ukrainian forces stubbornly took control off Invasion of Russian forces seeking to move West, many residents choose it remain in hometown during acclimatization with Strikes and shortages.
southern city he is key obstacle for Russian forces are trying move West of the Crimea to seize Odessa, the main port of Ukraine on Black Sea, has been hit in The more More than three weeks since the invasion of Russian forces. But the citizens are determined to survive and defend it despite the constant bombardment.
Nearly a month ago, Russia sent troops over the border on what you call itspecial Operation ‘it it says not designed to occupy lands but destroy her neighbor military capacity and capture Who do you consider dangerous nationalists? United Nations human rights office He said on On Tuesday, 953 civilians were killed, but the Kremlin denied targeting civilians. Russian forces tried to storm Mykolaiv on March 4th but met with fierce resistance.
In the eastern Inhulskyi district of The cityAn unexploded artillery rocket can be seen stuck up On the sidewalk, a traffic cone is planted next to it to warn motorists.
a little further, in The vast cemetery city, another unexploded missile almost penetrated the earth up to its fins. Stop the smoke from burning garbage in The air.
There are a dozen family Friends gathered to bury Igor Dondukov, 46. He was killed along the way with dozens of else soldiers last Friday, when military The barracks fell fire. for him elder brotherSergey, crying while kissing a swollen and bloodied Dendukov face.
Sergey’s wife, Galina, puts a cross in her pocket of Dundukov’s clothes before the coffin are sealed and lowered into the ground. Igor enlisted in start of The invasion, Sergey told Agence France-Presse (AFP).
“We supported his commitment to defend our homeland,” he said, adding that he rejected any idea of leave the city Although prosperity of Artillery fire in The distance.
“This is our land and we are live here. and where are we run to? Where are we run to? we grew up up here.”
Galina agreed. We were born here and grew up up here. And we have nowhere else to go. No relatives abroad. number-one. “
if it was good part of The city and its prewar population of 500,000—mostly towards Odessa, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) to the southwest—those who remain Determined to hold out.
In the afternoon, an air raid devoured a building. Witnesses say it was a hotel with a bank tree branch on Earth floor. Several hundred meters away, 79-year-old Anatoly Yakunin calmly picked up up Debris and clean up the broken glass.
“Leave? But what do you do?” Asked. “I have four grandchildren here, one who fight. How can I leave them? “
In the neighborhood of Colpacino, which includes several blocks of Residential buildings population It fell from 12,000 to less than 1,000, according to Alexander Zadera. 56-yearHe had to pull out his 80s mother from her apartment after building injured on March 7.
We are used to eating with This type of my knowledge noise,” He said of Fighting on the adjacent front. “Now even my mother identify sounds of various types of Artillery and rockets fire,” The former air force colonel added Sarcastically.
The building’s population set themselves up in the basement for duration. In the back between two ranks A game of It was backgammon left Residents are waiting share tea in lit candle main area.
“we pass Our evenings are here to pray for Our home, our soldiers, teacher Ina Corey said. “Every time there is a raid or strike, we come down here. And when things calm down down we go back upAnd so on on,” she adds.
Korean trying to organize remote layers for her students who Owns left The city or the state. “There were quite a few of us Here at the beginning but a lot left The city because they have children or family. But we’ll stay until the end.” says. We are Ukrainians patient people But we won’t give our country up to anyone. “
Every little helps
Courtyard of Psychiatric Hospital in Mykolaiv’s echo resounds with The sound of broken glass cliff up by staff and volunteers. Every day, residents clean up debris from latest Bombed by the Russian army and get ready for The next.
Using whatever resources they can lay their hands on onthey are just Some of Those who try to do their homework support Ukrainian forces who So far thwarted the Russian rush towards Odessa.
Nurse Svetlana Moraska for her eyes Red from crying, crying again when she saw the hole that appeared in In front of me of The women’s detoxification center in the hospital. The interface of the center has also It was blown away in blast.
But despite the damage, the blow caused No victims, Oleg Kondratenko, a manager At the facility, according to Agence France-Presse. “The patients of Psychiatric Hospital in Other buildings that were not hit,” He said.
In the main Patio, staff and a bunch of young Volunteers were working for clear Far from the most obvious effects of Bombing, sweeping and picking up shattered glass
“Face with Russia’s aggression we have to participate in Some way,” He said one young volunteering in a black beanie and down Jacket. “me want to join regional defense Legion, but they don’t have enough weapons for Everyone, like that for I am now helping out like This is it added. “We have to clean everything up because they can bomb again And if there is still broken glass around it, it will be flat more dangerous.”
Yesterday we cleaned a file warehouse and protection windows with tape” added. “I’m a handyman, I need to do something i more Helpful here,” he said, in front of the hospital manager He interrupted him and prevented him from revealing his name or saying more for Security reasons.
Oleg Yarchenko, road maintenance Factor in Peacetime, his wife Lilia drove the car around area in A brown truck asks those manning the security checkpoints what to do need If possiblesupplied.
He can give them “firewood, cigarettes and food” but also 54 – Medicines and sleeping bags – he is old, and he has a swollen beard and he walks with Stick.
The company he works for for also It has trucks transporting supplies to nearby villages that access The roads were destroyedsaid Yarchenko, who children They fled to Bulgaria a few days ago.
“You have to be completely mentally ill start war in Twenty one century,” He said of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In the car park of supermarket one of The city’s remaining business, Nikolai Oskchik, 69-year-old was a widower also He makes his modest contribution to the war effort.
with the help of Spread and he is a deaf dumb friend out Mixture of bric-a-brac – Hoover parts, kitchen accessories and other utensils – on Hood of Moskowitz blue carA 37-yearOld Soviet antique. He said he gives his goods to militaryor sell it to the troops “in half price” for buy same medicine.
“I’m old fightOskjek sighed, father of a military nurse. “But at least I can do it for they.”
stress claims baby bubble
in just minutes, baby Katya is lying on she has mother Tamara Kravchuk’s chest is unaware of The joy and solace it brought. It’s a moment of Bliss and gratitude, even though the war is raging close by.
“I am very happy. No matter what happens now – I am the happiest person … daughter healthy. God willing, peace.” 37year-old Kravchuk liar in hospital bed in Mykolaiv, Reuters.
staring at her new daughter’s face And little hands, you speak of The future. The despair and anxiety that pervaded her thoughts before Katya’s birth – for Currently.
“I think the war will end and we will end,” he added live As before, our lives will be quiet again, said Kravchuk. “I hope children won’t see all this crazy stuff and everything will be like that good. “
The head of The maternity ward Valentin Budaranchuk was smiling after the birth of Katya. “a new 39- saidyearOld or old. “That’s why we still have hope. Today a new Our little girl came world. “
Russians invasion brought a wave of new births in Mykolaiv, like women Budaranchuk said he went into labor due to stress. Katia baby 49 since the start of the war on February 24.
“During the first 10 days we had baby Prosperity – a lot of births. I think that’s because of a lot of The stress… was very unusual.”
now giving birth rate He is back back to normal for hospital, but a lot people They have escaped from city.
Before Katya, Kravchuk was afraid, especially when there were explosions at a distance of 500 meters (yards) from the hospital, she said.
“I’m really scared of What will happen next how will end.”