Oleksandr Ratushnyi is a cameraman for Mariupol TV. Since the start of the full-scale invasion, he has been filming with journalists for several days.
"We did not believe that Mariupol would be taken. We bought a radio – the only source of information. We lived in the bathroom for some time, burned candles and read books. We thought that if we finished the book, the war would end", – Oleksandr, a resident of Mariupol, says.
In early March, he and his wife barely survived because a Russian "Hrad" hit their yard. Therefore, the couple hid in the shelter of the naval lyceum from March 6 to 15.
"You're lying there, there are a lot of people around, children are screaming. There are people with mental disorders, with disabilities. There were about 200 of us. And I decided to film our lives. I took a camera. At first, people asked me why I was doing this. I answered that I didn't know what would happen to us, and my video was evidence of what was happening to us now. People realized that it had to be recorded", – Oleksandr says.
