By Vladislav Smilianets and Anna Dabrowska
SIVERSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Viktor and Ludmila Syabro, 68 and 61 respectively, first began living underground at the very least seven months ago as Russian assaults shattered their eastern Ukrainian hometown of Siversk.
The wisdom of the couple’s selection seemed clear in July, after they told Reuters a missile struck the home, but they were already within the basement.
For Ludmila, events because the February invasion are a little bit of a blur. She will be able to barely remember after they stopped living upstairs.
“Kind of from April,” she said. “End of March, end of April. April 9. It’s hard to recollect. The ability was cut off April 27.”
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Without water or gas, the couple hope to put in a wood-burning stove to make life underground more bearable as winter approaches.
The sound of artillery is constant in Siversk, parts of which have been razed to the bottom.
Only a number of of the greater than 10,000 inhabitants remain. Russian forces have repeatedly tried to retake the town that’s 6 miles (10 km) from the frontline.
(Reporting by Vladislav Smilianets and Anna Dabrowska, Writing by Elaine Monaghan, Editing by Rosalba O’Brien)
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