Maryna is from Yahidne, Chernihiv region. The occupiers forced the entire village into the school basement, using them as a human shield. They themselves were stationed on the upper floors.
People below were simply dying from suffocation. They also fell ill, starved, and suffered from a lack of medicine and from spoiled food the occupiers gave them.
The girl remembers every detail of that horrific month in captivity. She says that when the enemy left, she finally understood what freedom really is - And how valuable it is.
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