Residents of Rubizhne in eastern Ukraine hide in basements as fighting near town intensifies

Record ID: 1675109

  • Title: Residents of Rubizhne in eastern Ukraine hide in basements as fighting near town intensifies
  • Date: 1st June 2022
  • Summary: RUBIZHNE, UKRAINE (JUNE 1, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF DAMAGED BUILDINGS SEEN FROM WINDOW OF MOVING CAR VARIOUS OF MAN WITH BIKE / AUDIO OF EXPLOSIONS HEARD IN BACKGROUND VARIOUS OF DAMAGED BUILDINGS VARIOUS OF DAMAGED MILITARY VEHICLE DAMAGED BUILDING VARIOUS OF DAMAGED MILITARY VEHICLE VARIOUS OF DAMAGED BUILDINGS VARIOUS OF DAMAGED BUILDINGS SEEN FROM WINDOW OF MOVING CAR VARIOUS OF PEOPLE COLLECTING DRINKING WATER VARIOUS OF CHARGING STATION MAN CHARGING HIS PHONE HANDS WITH PHONE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE COLLECTING WATER (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) BOMB SHELTER RESIDENT, OLGA, SAYING: “This is where we cook food. In these pots the food is prepared. And now I’m going to lead you to our so-called bomb shelter. Let’s go.” (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) BOMB SHELTER RESIDENT, OLGA, SAYING: “We have our own kind of medicine cabinet, but a medicine cabinet nonetheless, from which we can provide help not only to our residents of bomb shelter, but also to people around us, and that is what we do actually. As you can see, we are getting ready for supper. We had sweet pea soup for lunch. So I repeat once again - we are supplied with groceries, we don’t have a humanitarian catastrophe.” VARIOUS OF BOMB SHELTER IN BASEMENT OF KINDERGARTEN AND ITS RESIDENTS (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) BOMB SHELTER RESIDENT, VALENTINA, 62, SAYING: “You know, I got here…heavy shelling began, but that is an understatement, they started to bomb the city. And on February 24th military activity began very close to the city. And I stayed home until March 9th, and I couldn’t stay there any longer, because it was impossible to be in my apartment.” HANDS ON KNEES EYES (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) BOMB SHELTER RESIDENT, VALENTINA, 62, SAYING: “There is no electricity, water or gas in the city. And the guys are waking up at 5:30 in the morning, they bring water, they chop wood, and they cook on a bonfire. They give us hot water, they are trying to cook some hot meals for lunch for us, in the evening hot water again.” VARIOUS OF BOMB SHELTER AND ITS RESIDENTS VARIOUS OF WOMAN WASHING DISHES
  • Embargoed: 15th June 2022 22:29
  • Keywords: Rubizhne Russia Ukraine bobmb shelter conflict
  • Location: RUBIZHNE, UKRAINE
  • City: RUBIZHNE, UKRAINE
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA001217101062022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Residents of the settlement Rubizhne in Luhansk region of Eastern Ukraine are collecting water and hiding in bomb shelters as fighting near the town intensifies.
    Olga, one of the residents of a bomb shelter located in a basement of a kindergarten, told Reuters reporters on Wednesday (June 1) that there are about 140 residents currently living at the premises, but at one moment there were more than 600 people in the shelter.
    “We do have a pharmacy, with which we can provide help not only to our residents of bomb shelter, but also to people around us,” she told reporters. “I repeat once again - we are supplied with groceries, we don’t have a humanitarian catastrophe.”
    Another resident, Valentina, told Reuters that living in a basement for several months has been difficult, but they are getting by. “The guys are waking up at 5:30 in the morning, they bring water, they chop wood, and they cook on a bonfire. They give us hot water, they are trying to cook some hot meals for lunch for us” - she said.
    UK military intelligence reported last week that the fighting intensified in the Luhansk region of Ukraine as Russia seeks to encircle cities of Severodonetsk, Lyschansk and Rubizhne.
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