19/05/2022
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«Day by day, it was harder and harder to stay afloat, the feeling of despair and of the endlessness of this war occupied us more and more. Nothing has been heard about the evacuation. Just like there was no information about people closest to us, [if they were alright.] It was easy to go crazy. Especially, if you stayed alone in the room.
Every day was like Russian roulette: will a shell fall on the house or not?
“Lord, either kill us already, or evacuate us,” — I thought back then.»
- Marina, 18 years old, Mariupol, Ukraine
You can read full story here:
https://medium.com/.media/every-day-is-like-russian-roulette-will-a-shell-fall-on-the-house-or-not-1913dd0d5147
This is a detailed story of Marina [the name has been changed] about what she lived through in Mariupol while the town was sieged.