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"Ukrainian Witness" journalist Viktoriia Hnatiuk reached Antonivka-one of the most dangerous settlements in the Kherson region, located on the bank of the Dnipro River opposite occupied Oleshky. Previously, getting here was virtually impossible due to russian FPV drones. However, during a ceasefire declared to evacuate residents of Oleshky, locals were able to return to their destroyed homes for the first time in a long while to retrieve surviving belongings. Despite the truce, coastal areas remain dangerous due to mines, while Oleshky itself remains under russian occupation on the other side of the Dnipro. While people in Kherson walk the streets, the russians on the opposite bank are quietly conducting rotations and pulling up reinforcements. This silence, a necessary measure to save lives, is also a deadly trap ahead of another russian attempt to cross the Dnipro... People fear what will happen once the ceasefire ends...

1/2 Ukraine today. ...It was evening, and I was already lying in bed when terrible explosions thundered. I was trapped inside my own apartment; pulling myself out, I saw that my entire leg was covered in blood. I began making my way toward the exit of the room, along the way searching for shoes so as not to hurt my feet even more. In all that chaos, I found only one sneaker, and I had to escape from the apartment and down the multi-story building to the entrance barefoot, stepping right on glass and pieces of concrete and brick scattered around and on the stair landing. As it turned out later, these were air bombs that russia dropped on us. My neighbor wasn't home that day, and that saved her, because her apartment suffered the worst and everything there-literally everything inside the apartment-burned down. After the fire on the floors had died down, I returned to my now-destroyed apartment to find and take with me at least some documents, since everything else had been abandoned. I just needed to... find my documents and bank card here, in this chaos.

From the very first seconds, you might think these are just more footage from France… but this is Ukraine. One of the cities of my country, Chernihiv, which today came under yet another strike, shelling by the russians. And today, a video showing a father on his knees, weeping hysterically beside his 15-year-old killed daughter in broad daylight right on the street, will spread across many countries thanks to the internet. And in a couple of days, something else will happen… and one terrible event will overshadow another with its scale, as it always happens here in Ukraine. In the city of Dnipro today, mad russians directed a drone right at the railway station platform while many people were waiting for a train. Unfortunately, this targeted strike on civilians killed many people. According to official information, 14 people died simply waiting for their train, heading to where someone was waiting for them, and instead of being reunited, they received a call, filled with words and tears... I don't know how or with what words to finish this text...

Shriek louder… maybe someone will finally hear you…. This is the state most people in Ukraine are living in. Losing loved ones happens here every day-some perish right before your eyes, while others learn of the death of their family members later... This morning alone, russia killed at least 17 people in various cities across Ukraine: * Dnipro 13 dead and 10 wounded; * Chernihiv 2 dead and 11 wounded; * Kremenchuk 2 dead. Our world is becoming increasingly cruel, life within Ukraine itself is growing harder, and the line between what is normal and abnormal is steadily blurring.

Overall, I personally get the impression that the fire truck was the target from the very beginning. And this house was simply bait for them… These are scumbags, this is just how the russian skin fights. Of course, if there are no fire trucks left in the city, it will become a problem, it will become a catastrophe for those residents who still live in the city. I will never tire of repeating that the russian nature revealed itself to its full potential during the war; they are showing their inner core, and there is no soul there. Animals are defenseless creatures that do not understand human matters, problems, or war in general. But the russians are ready to burn down an entire house full of animals… In fact, they are ready to do this even if there were ordinary people, civilians, or even children inside.

russian terrorists attacked with an FPV drone an animal shelter in Kramatorsk, causing a fire on the second floor of the building where many cats were located. After the firefighters arrived to put out the fire and help evacuate and collect the animals, a russian drone was waiting in the sky… after which it crashed into the fire truck as well. Throughout the full-scale war, this shelter served as a refuge for stray animals and people with pets. The animals that were inside during the strike were carried outside, but some of them ran off into the surrounding area and got lost due to the explosion and shock.

This cute dog and its owner are residents of Ukraine, and on this day, they are leaving their hometown. They, along with other Ukrainians, evacuate every day whenever possible. The war is advancing, making life harder for everyone living near the frontline. Lately, I’ve been paying more and more attention to stories about Ukrainians evacuating their towns… and there is a reason for this: the cold is becoming more noticeable, and people realize the full extent of the danger. In cities like this one, there is no guarantee that during the winter you will have electricity, heating in your apartment building, or water… everything necessary for life. The danger of remaining in towns like this-such as Sloviansk in the Donetsk region-is extremely high. If you use the DeepStateMap website, you understand what I’m writing about. These towns stand in the path of those who don’t care what religion you belong to or what your views on life are, who couldn’t care less who you were or who you want to become in the future. A russian drone operator or a russian guided bomb will simply fall on you-day or night, just like that… russian drones are constantly in the sky, there are constant explosions-sometimes very close, sometimes off in the distance-and the sound of gunfire as people try to shoot down the buzzing drones searching for their targets. People often feel like they have nowhere to go. For some, their hometown was the center of their entire life, a place where it seemed they could grow old, but waiting until the last moment is dangerous.