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On the morning of the 24th, I was on my way to work. The guys were unloading mortars near the circle. All the guys were there. There was a huge army tent, and just around the corner they were unloading mortars and some military equipment up higher,

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near the petrol station, near PMK-2. And there was either an armoured personnel carrier or a tank on the site, because there was a trawl. And on the 24th... In fact, I understood all this for a long time, I was ready for it. I had bought solar panels before that,

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so I had electricity. The neighbours all ran with their phones: “Charge.” Everyone needs news, at least something to listen to. There was no one left at the TPP, only the guards, because they were not from Ivankiv, they were visitors,

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they were supposed to be taken away on that day, the 24th. We turned everything off completely and went home. They [the russians] shot at the station. They shot through the windows with a machine gun. They stood at a distance of literally 5 metres from the wall and shot.

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They shot at the windows. And from the armoured personnel carrier, too, because they had 30mm “lighters”. They were steel, and had a burning fuse on the back. My son’s apartment burned down, they shot with the same kind of weapons.

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It was a 5-storey building near the bus station, on the other side. My son’s apartment was completely burnt down. There are 2 holes in the kitchen and in the child’s bedroom. When they came to launch the power plant... Before that, I was warned...

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I used to repair cars, and I was warned that the russians were looking for guys who knew about cars. They were taking them to Chornobyl, to a base somewhere, to repair their cars. So I would leave the house at 6 a.m. and return when it was already dark.

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“Are you the head of the TPP?” – “Yes”. – “We need you to start the TPP”. So I told them. I said: “How?” That’s what I liked, I said: “Make a corridor to Chornobyl. I’ll gather a team, I have guys from the power company. We will repair the lines,

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provide voltage, and then we will talk about launching the TPP. I am also not against having electricity in Ivankiv. Then we will talk about it.” – “But those are not our people”. – “What do you mean, not our people?” – “They are not our people”. – “Then whose are they?

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Ukraine’s? Is it the Armed Forces of Ukraine or who?” And they have a division between units. There are Buryats here – “they are not ours”, Yakuts there – “they are not ours”, Chechens there – “they are not ours”. On February 25, two of my friends were shot dead.

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Oleh Bulavenko was shot on Zaprudska Street. He was with his son. Oleh and his dog were killed. First, his leg was blown off, then he died. And Vadyk Denysenko. Vadyk was shot near me. From me to the circle, there were 7 shot cars.

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On the 25th there were only 2. The van was on the circle, shot up. Later, when I went to look for Vadyk, because I found out that he had gone missing, I came up and saw Vadyk’s car near the bus station, burnt out. I couldn’t find him.

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I went around looking for him, but I couldn’t find Vadyk. It turned out that he had burned to death in the car. They found a piece of heel somewhere in the car. When I went to look for Vadyk, there had been a big fight here on the circle just before.

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And then it was quiet in the morning, so I went to look for Vadyk. Then I looked around at the russian damaged cars. Then I looked further and saw a Tiger that seemed to be intact. However, when I approached it, I saw that the front right wheel was broken.

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But in general, it was intact. I had a look around. I saw a pile of documents, folders with documents. I quickly put those documents in a bag and took them away. Inside that Tiger, there were properly fitted walkie-talkies.

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I found out later whose Tiger it was. The 83rd Air Assault Brigade from Ussuriysk. Valerii Valeriiovych Khriunov, a captain in the Guard,

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[commander] of a howitzer battery. I often help the guys here. I repair their vehicles, and our military come to me for help. I help them with one thing or another. We are doing what we can.