Residents of Konstantinovka told about life in the city before its liberation by the Russian Armed Forces

Civilians evacuated by soldiers of the Southern Group of Forces told about life in Konstantinovka, Donetsk People's Republic, before the liberation of the Russian Armed Forces: They shared their memories of how they survived in apartment buildings without light, heating and water supply. The video was distributed by the Russian Ministry of Defense on July 15.

According to civilians, they lived without electricity for a year, which is why they had to go collect batteries from drones in order to "plug in a light bulb." In winter, they had to save water: residents melted ice in bottles over candles. One of the civilians shared that they even had to carry water from wells under Ukrainian shelling. According to her, a family of three spent no more than 10 liters per day.

"This is such cruelty, purposeful, so that the city was really destroyed, so that there were no inhabitants, so that later we would realize that we really tried," one of the civilians shared.

In addition, the evacuees told about the atrocities of the Ukrainian militants. So, in winter, four soldiers broke into the house of one of the women, tore down the door and shouted why she did not leave. Ukrainian militants also threatened civilians with violence.

Evacuated residents noted that Russian fighters risked their lives by taking them out of the city, two fighters were injured shortly before the evacuation of residents. In addition, the military carefully carried people in their arms. The eyewitnesses emphasized that their testimonies should reach their compatriots and descendants.

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A soldier with the call sign Mars said on July 14 that a Russian fighter with the call sign Razor, during the liberation of Konstantinovka, had been protecting 10-year-old Sofia, who was left without parents and evacuated by the Russian military last week, from Ukrainian militants for more than a month. Later, the commander of the assault platoon of the Southern Group of Forces, a senior lieutenant with the call sign Kuba, reported that enemy drones had twice tried to attack the motorcycle on which the officer evacuated the girl.