Mariupol. #Testimony of a witness or “russian roulette”. From an Instagram post by Anna Serdiuk. Thread, a must read 1/9 
I survived. For 22 days of the war, I was in Mariupol. To say that it was hell is an understatement. We have lost everything that a person can lose. Our homes, belongings, pets, people we know, lost touch with our loved ones. 2/9
We still do not know if they are alive. They were trying to kill us, every second of our “lives” there. In Mariupol, we changed three basements and managed to cross the city from one side to the other. 3/9
We did not sleep because it was not possible. Bombs were going off all around us. As it tuned out later, these bombs hit the neighboring houses. Now we say that we won the “russian roulette”. 4/9
We had no water or electricity, we lost phone reception. We were living in complete darkness and fear without any information about what was happening in our city, in our country, and not knowing anything about our relatives. 5/9
The weather in the city was very frosty, it was around -13 °C outside and +5 °C in the basement. The windows shattered from shillings, so we had to wear our winter coats, hats, and mittens. 6/9
The last two days we were running out of the water, and we had to drink technical alkaline water from the pipes. We ate very little, saving as much as we could for later. 7/9
The last three days I was not scared of anything. I did not care if I survive or die. I was staring into the darkness, breathing in the gunpowder and sensing the power of the shots with my whole body. I was dreaming that everything is over soon and how I escape. 8/9
As of now, we have managed to get to safety but all our relatives are still there, in that hell created for us by russia. This horror will never be forgotten nor forgiven. Original (in Ukrainian): instagram.com/p/CbyA9LSN7W_/ 9/9
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