"Q: Is this same woman who lost her 90 year old husband? A: Yes, and in the end, they finally took her to Kryvyi Rih, her daughter came there. Well, her condition was already such that she just died, already in Kryvyi Rih." 14/
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Elderly Woman Evacuated After Week of Russian Obstruction
"So they tormented the people for about a week like this, they would get to the buses, they would see the bus, and they would turn them back. And this old 88 year old woman, the neighbors carried her on a cart for a week back and forth just to get her out of there. " 13/
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Russian obstruction of evacuation from occupied territory
Evacuation. "When the Russians allowed evacuation at some point, several buses came from Kryvyi Rih. And the village head from one of the closest unoccupied villages was in charge of it all; the Russians took him and sent the buses back, empty." 10/
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Russian occupation: evacuation blockade in Ukrainian village
"Then the buses came again, and the Russians decided to let the village head go, but would not allow people to board the buses. The next day, the buses arrived again. Then they said, no, evacuation won't work this way." 11/
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Civilians endured occupation without electricity water gas aid
"And, of course, Ukrainians found such horrors there after the de-occupation. People in these villages lived almost the entire period of occupation without electricity, water, gas, or humanitarian aid. I don't know what they ate, drank, or how they kept warm. It's just." 9/
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Civilian testimony: burying the dead under Russian occupation
"Eventually, the Russians said: "well, you can bury him in the cemetery. But if [we shoot and] something happens to you, that's your problem." People carried him to the cemetery and buried him there, anyway."8/
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Civilian deaths during occupation near Kryvyi Rih
A funeral … "It was very tough in Vysokopillya, which is near Kryvyi Rih. Parents of my colleague lived there. The father died during the occupation at the age of 90, the mother was 88, and they were left alone there." 6/
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Russian occupation: burial restrictions on Ukrainian civilians
"And the Russians wouldn't allow him to be buried in the cemetery. Bury him in the yard, they said. The neighbors begged: imagine, she's old, and if she has to bury him in the yard, she will sit there all day, cry, and die herself. Who will come to bury her?." 7/
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Villages on Dnipro’s right bank hit hard by Russian attacks
I quote: "Almost all of the villages throughout the right bank region of Dnipro got it hard. Stanislav, Oleksandrivka, Posad Pokrovsky, Tomina Balka, Shilova Balka." 4/
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Frontline testimony: territory shifts daily
Q: Were they in the gray zone, under occupation, or on the Ukrainian side? A: They were moving back and forth. Today it's ours, tomorrow it's not. It's either zero or that zero [zero – is the front line closest to the enemy]. 5/