'When we met the police unit who work the area that adjoins the front line, we soon found ourselves running for cover as gunfire was sprayed at a residential building.' Read the eyewitness report from Sky's sparkomat 👇
"It is really difficult to count how many, some never leave the shelters, they stay in there 24 hours a day. As you’ve seen, the shelling is constant so it is impossible to count them - could be a 1,000, maybe more, but hard to answer," he said.
The officers thought there were city residents hiding in local schools and we entered the ruins of a badly damaged facility.On seeing the officers, a few bolted for the steps leading to an underground shelter, a look of terror written on their faces.
Inspector Karyna Tkanchenko shouted:"Come with us, they will give you everything, a place to live, there will be food, everything is free, are you coming?"Amid the sound of shelling, we hurried to the police van and I asked them:"How long have you been living there?"Inspector Karyna Tkanchenko says the unit advises and tries to help evacuate people from the city of Severodonetsk"It's impossible, my wife kept passing out.
I asked Inspector Tkanchenko why they do not tell people to get out - even force them to leave such a dangerous environment."Because I live in a free country and it's called Ukraine. Here everybody makes their own decisions. We can only advise, inform, help in some ways, help to evacuate, help them physically and mentally, but to force people? We can't do that, and we won't do that.
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