![]() ![]() Russian soldiers later sometimes allowed residents to exit the building to use a toilet, smoke, or cook between 8 a.m. One of the few photos from inside the basement during captivity taken by an individual who managed to hide his phone shows dozens of people crowded in a room shoulder-to-shoulder.ĭuring the first week, captives were forced to use buckets as toilets until the basement became too crowded and unsanitary, Vidkovska said. They slept on the floor, including in the narrow hallways between the rooms, or on the desks, Vidkovska said. Residents forced to go to the school basement took with them what they could quickly gather from their homes, such as blankets, jackets, and food. Vidkovska’s grandparents were among the later arrivals, after Russian soldiers evicted them from the family’s renovated apartment. Kyiv, Moscow Are Both Racing Against Time In Ukraine, Says Former U.S. Russian troops destroyed the cell phones of captives, leaving them with no way to communicate with the outside world. The newcomers brought information about what was happening aboveground in the village, including who had been killed. They included a 6-week-old infant, dozens of other children, and several elderly people of whom the oldest was 93, according to Venediktova. Within a week the number of captives in the basement - which consisted of a gym and four or five small rooms used as storage for window frames, broken desks, and other old items - grew from a few dozen to more than 300, she said. ![]() ![]() Vidkovska’s family was among the first to be taken into captivity, though her grandparents were initially allowed to stay at home due to ill health. Members of the brigade began rounding up people up the following day and forcing them into the school basement at gunpoint, they said. 'Graveyard' City: Mariupol Survivor Recalls Horror Of Losing Son, Husband During Russian SiegeĪmid fierce resistance from Ukrainian forces, the Russian drive toward Kyiv was halted and the troops hunkered down in the village, turning the local school into a temporary headquarters and unleashing terror on residents, according to survivors. ![]()
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