“There was a direct hit to the basement, which became a mass grave”

Mykola still remembers how it all started in 2014 Explosions near the village, constant checks at checkpoints when he and his colleagues were travelling to work at the mine. But this is nothing compared to what started in 2022. After a shell hit the basement of one of the houses, the whole family died there. Subsequently, the village suffered 120 hits in two days Mykola's wife started to have hand tremors. They decided they had to leave the village. Later, Mykola found out that his house had been destroyed and burned down.