Before entering Myrotske, Russian troops shot the entire village.  The occupiers shelled houses and the village club. Destroyed houses hit by shells began to burn. Some residents managed to extinguish the fire on their own, but many houses burned to the ground. The occupiers also shot everyone in their path: cars and passers-by who did not have time to hide. This is how Olena Hrytsenko's nephew died.

The man worked as a driver at a fire station and was returning home by car. The occupiers shot at Mykola Melnychenko's car, it burned down completely.

Olena Hrytsenko, who heads Myrotske gymnasium, tells about the terrible times of occupation and the life of the village after the liberation of the region.