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spotted us and launched mines at us. Russians said that we should
stand and listen, and come out very quietly and in the open space
there should be 1,5–2 meters between us, then the sniper would not
manage to hit us”.

Testimony 2
Tatyana Nikolayevna Koryak (64 years old).
Place of residence at the time of the survey —
Artyomovsk, Krasnoflotskaya Street

“Ukrainian fighters were firing at
houses and windows from automatic
guns. There was an empty house
nearby. Its owners moved to Ukraine
territory, so a machine gunner settled
there. During the month he was coming
into different houses and shooting
around at houses and windows. We
were sleeping in the child’s room and
heard in the morning how he was walking and shooting. We saw
how a bullet hit the window. At another street mortars and machine
gunners were also firing. We were taken out by Russian volunteers.
They told us to do what they said and to be very attentive because
there was a Ukrainian sniper working there. We heard his shootings
and ran between shootings.
Why were the Ukrainians shooting? Because they were fighting.
As my neighbor told me, she came up to one fighter at the market in
a new Micro-District and said: ‘Guys, are you defending us?’ And they
answered to her, that they came not to protect us, but to kill us”.

Testimony 3
Svetlana Vladimirovna Surma (54 years old). Place of residence at the time
of the survey — Mariupol, Korolenko Lane

“There was an Azov sniper settled in the house near us in Korolenko
Lane, Gugel Street. The Azovstal plant was located near us. That sniper

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