Daily shelling in front-line Donetsk city of Siversk
(13 Jan 2023) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Siversk, Donetsk region - 12 January 2023 1. Wide of people receiving humanitarian aid 2. Girl with humanitarian aid box 3. Volunteers giving people candles 4. Various of people in line for humanitarian aid 5. Woman 6. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Oleksiy (no surname given), chaplain of volunteer organisation 'Mariupol Chaplain Battalion': "You know, I think people need everything here. Starting with toilet paper and ending with food, clothes, heat, firewood, small ovens, light, everything is needed here." 7. Various of woman near damaged residential building 8. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Nina Mykolaivna, Siversk resident: "This is how we survive - we walk, cry and collect sticks. No one is thinking about people. (Journalist: "How is the situation with shelling?") Well, you hear. This is our situation." 9. Damaged residential building 10. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Nina Mykolaivna, Siversk resident: "When we go to bed at night and can't stand it, everyday you wonder if you will wake up or not." 11. Sticks and broken planks of wood 12. Mykolaivna in her damaged apartment with her husband Viktor 13. Damaged window 14. Cat 15. Various of destroyed building 16. Cats eating 17. Various of Siversk resident Nadiya Zabavska in basement 18. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Nadiya Zabavska, Siversk resident: "I came out, there it was, a 'boom.' I listened and understood that it didn't fly here, so it flew there. I'm so quick, we have a field over there, I have to run across the field (to get some water)." 19. Various of sink 20. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Nadiya Zabavska, Siversk resident: "There will be peace soon, I think we will have peace soon. I think that very soon our boys will chase... (the Russians)." 21. Various of damaged residential building STORYLINE: In the city of Siversk in Ukraine's Donetsk region, residents live in the bitterly cold basements of damaged buildings to hide from daily shelling. Most of the people who normally reside there left months ago. About 100 people stayed. There is no electricity, water or gas in the city. The remaining residents are using stoves to stay warm. Nadiya Zabavska and her husband Viktor are trying to get on with life in the dark basement they now call home. They still have some Christmas decorations up from the festive season. Despite the daily bombardment, Nadiya is still hopeful that there "will be peace soon." On Thursday, volunteers of the Mariupol Chaplain Battalion came to Siversk to deliver humanitarian aid. They distributed Christmas gifts, candles, food and medicine to people. "Starting with toilet paper and ending with food, clothes, heat, firewood, small ovens and light, everything is needed here," said Oleksiy, a chaplain. Siversk is located 20 kilometres from Soledar, a salt-mining town which Russia's forces are edging closer to capturing. =========================================================== Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: [email protected]. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
