Two neighbours died in the yard where Vitaliy lived. Due to constant shelling, it was no longer possible to bury them in the cemetery. Doctors advised the man to bury the corpses himself near the house. There were no official ‘green corridors’. Vitaliy took his family out of Mariupol at his own risk. He had to spend two nights in a field on the contact line.
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