“Stay home. Three days and you’ll be conquered”, - my brother from Rostov said"

In Mariupol, Olha lived in the remote village of Volonterivka, in a private house. She recalls how she was injured, how she survived under constant shelling, and how the Russian military entered the village and searched the house. 

“Since March 14, there was shelling every 10-15 minutes. On March 17, I was wounded. I was in the yard, collecting firewood. The shelling started and I ran to the cellar. I turned around to close the door. She was hit in the head and eye. For three days I was vomiting, dizzy, and had a concussion. I didn't want to live, it hurt so much. It was impossible to get to the hospital. There was shelling. My neighbor offered to leave. But how? It was extremely dangerous, we could have been killed. I was thinking, if I die, how will my neighbors dig my grave in such cold weather? The shelling was non-stop. Airplanes, Grad rockets, mines. On March 22, the occupants captured the village. Five soldiers entered my house and searched it. They put an assault rifle in my face and asked me about the military”, says Olha, a resident of Mariupol.