Ukraine-Russia war, Olga’s story: “In the cellar for 4 days”

“This is the fourth day we spend in the cellar of the house where, until a week ago, we kept the potatoes. There are 13 of us, we only go out to eat and drink when they don’t fire. Water and gas still hold up but there is no electricity. more and when they fire, the earth trembles and the windows tremble “. Olga is a 19-year-old Ukrainian girl. With her family and other neighbors she is in the basement of her home in Ivankov, and at Adnkronos she recounts the hours underground, where the war above rumbles and is even more frightening. “There are also eight children with me, the youngest is 4 years old – he explains – When we hear silence outside, we look out, mom cooks in the street among the rubble where everything, the municipality, the police station, has blown up. there is nothing left. Here they always shoot at night, they start at 4 and go on every five minutes until eight. On the street there are only Russian soldiers, but not even the shadow of Ukrainians. For now we resist, we took food from the nearby shops that were blown up. But here in the cellar there is water everywhere, humidity, and we are all fever and cold. We are so afraid “. (by Silvia Mancinelli)