From our report Leopoldi – “I had an indescribable cold. My heart felt a chill. We put our anoraks on the broken windows and tried to let some air in. I was trembling anyway, I do not know if I was shivering with cold or fear at some point.” Daria Gorodnicha28, speaks of another Ukraine. It will only be when he dies In the same country as this quiet square, in front of Liv, the central station. He lets himself cool off from the hot afternoon sun and looks back at the deformed, unrecognizable city. “You do not know what they did …”. Daria and Angelina, Her five-year-old daughter arrived on the train with family dog ​​Mickey. They have been around for daysMariupol’s Barbarian siege passed through the basement of the palace where they lived. No electricity, no connection, no heating, no food or water for rations. It is dark. A dark evening and night, allowing a few light rays to pass through during the day, intensifies the fear and noise.

How many of you were there?

“In 170. When the first sirens sounded, we went down, but it got worse. Since March 2, the telephone lines and electricity have been cut off, and we’re practically always there, like rats, in the cold, unable to communicate with the world..

Food and water?

“We got less in the days before the total disaster and we rated everything. There is no water in the city now..

How can you protect yourself from the cold?

“In addition to the jackets with holes in the windows, we were immersed in the blanket. Look here “. Photo shows two sphinx cats (two hairless) with two kittens, all dead:” The cold killed them, I could not save them “.

Why did you decide to go under the bombs?

“It simply came to our notice then. On the evening of March 16, Russian troops arrived at the shelter. We panicked and no one said anything. They wanted us to leave. Someone replied: It’s already evening, where are we going at this time? So they left us alone. But they came back the next morning and ordered us to leave.

What did they say?

“They were nice, they came to free us. We deleted all the angry photos from their cell phones because we knew they were often looking at the phone. They asked someone to take off their clothes to make sure there were no Nazi tattoos. A soldier saw these signs (point his left hand, ed) Yelled at me: What am I? I told him it had nothing to do with Nazism, that it was just a drawing I liked … and he let me go. The plane alarm goes off in Station Square. The little girl ran towards her mother with tears in her eyes.

Is she always afraid of sirens?

“Yes, she always does, and she’s scared. This sound scares us adults, let alone children … Here is the only remote possibility of an attack right now, but a few days ago, at Mariupol, there was a siren sounding bombs, collapsed buildings, the dead. Wounded … these are debilitating fears “.

Did someone in your family die when you died?

Daria’s eyes filled. “My mother,” he replies. “She died some distance from me. I could not even see her. Finally say goodbye to her.”.

You are lonely. How can you be sure she’s dead?

“When the Russians sent us out of the shelter, we walked to a nearby village about 20 kilometers from Mariupol. I found someone there who knew my mother. He told me that they had buried her in a mass grave. All I do is think about how lonely and scared she must have been..

By what means did he leave the village?

“The Russian military wants us to board buses to Russia,” he said. We refused. I would have gone to Russia if I had not died. I found a ride in the car for a while, on the other side by bus, and then by train. “.

Where is she going now?

“In Poland, my husband lives and works. He wanted to come and take us, but it was too dangerous. He could not help but wait and pray..

Worst day ever?

“Every day felt worse, but the next one was even worse.”

Do you think he will return to Mary Paul?

“I do not know if I will ever return to live there. I will come back to place a cross and a name at the place where my mother was buried, and it hurts me so much to think so of her. ”