The war caught us here. We went through many things. In 2014, this place came under shelling by Grad [multiple rocket launcher], but, thank goodness, we were not hit. Next to us, all the power lines were destroyed; we had no electricity for four months.
God forbid you ever learn what it is like when Grad hits. It was such a thump. I was inside the house. The door swung open in front of me. I wanted to run to the veranda. I always run out immediately when shelling begins. To see where it is flying to. I got out and heard something crumbling down from the veranda windows. I was just watching how the plaster was coming off down. There was some noise, I could not understand what was going on. Then, I looked out of the window – there you can see Hnutove, a village two kilometres away. I looked out: everything was covered with some grey-blue smoke.
I was scared and ran outside: the place was burnt; it was horrible. That was because of Grad. As for the house, the windows were blown out; the shock wave broke out the windows on the second floor too, and the plaster was coming off from there.
Now, as you can see, we live on here. It is still under shelling; we are still on the alert. Once in February, at about 10 p.m. I was watching TV while my husband was in his bedroom. Suddenly, a shot was fired, with a thump, close to our place! We have a high-voltage transmission line in the street. So, the power supply went off. The pole was hit... you could see the fittings sticking out. Later, my husband went out to the garden and saw tree branches on the ground, broken by shells.
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