half a metre of space. . i was sleeping standing up. i tied myself with my scarf to the railing here so i didn t fall over. i spent 25 nights in this position. the main thing i thought was, i have to survive, for my daughter and granddaughters. a crude calendar marked every day of pain. four children lay in each of these cots. the constant sound of bombardment allowed barely any sleep. translation: for toilets there were buckets. - they would overflow. sometimes russian soldiers took people outside and used them as human shields. the room has no ventilation. he says 12 people died here. those who died in this room,
a crude calendar marked every day of pain. four children lay in each of these cots. the constant sound of bombardment allowed barely any sleep. translation: for toilets there were buckets. - they would overflow. sometimes russian soldiers took people outside and used them as human shields. the room has no ventilation. he says 12 people died here. those who died in this room, they were mostly elderly people, believed to have suffocated to death, and when they died it wasn t immediately possible to take the bodies out. russian soldiers wouldn t allow it. also there was fighting going on outside, so it was often too dangerous, so they would then pick up the bodies and put them here in the corner,
a crude calendar marked every day of pain. four children lay in each of these cots. the constant sound of bombardment allowed barely any sleep. translation: for toilets there were buckets. - they would overflow. sometimes russian soldiers took people outside and used them as human shields. the room has no ventilation. he says 12 people died here. those who died in this room, they were mostly elderly people, believed to have suffocated to death, and when they died it wasn t immediately possible to take the bodies out. russian soldiers wouldn t allow it. also there was fighting going on outside, so it was often too dangerous, so they would then pick
the north east, close to the border with belarus. mykola klymchuk took us to the basement of the local school, filled with the stench of disease and decay. he was held here for four weeks, along with 130 others. the elderly, children, babies, whole families rounded up at gunpoint, crammed together. translation: i had only half a metre of space. i was sleeping, standing up. i tied myself with my scarf to the railing here, so i didn t fall over. i spent 25 nights in this position. the main thing i thought was, i have to survive for my daughter and granddaughters. a crude calendar marked every day of pain.
i spent 25 nights in this position. the main thing i thought was, i have to survive, for my daughter and granddaughters. a crude calendar marked every day of pain. four children lay in each of these cots. the constant sound of bombardment allowed barely any sleep. translation: for toilets there were buckets. - they would overflow. sometimes russian soldiers took people outside and used them as human shields. the room has no ventilation. he says 12 people died here. those who died in this room, they were mostly elderly people, believed to have suffocated to death, and when they died it wasn t immediately possible to take the bodies out. russian soldiers wouldn t allow it.