‘They’re on the lookout for something else to steal’
Victoria, 43. The city of Hola Prystan
Everything is as usual here, if one could say that. Evacuation started in our city and continued down along the river. Mobile phones with Russian SIM-cards regularly get text messages stating the need to evacuate, but we are blissfully ignoring them; for now, no one is trying to kick us out of our homes by force.
Everything’s closed: schools, kindergartens, the administration building, the hospital, pharmacies, shops, and the market. Only bakeries were open.
But just as I expected, people waited for a couple of days and then began to slowly open up their shopping spots, the trade is back on. In the streets, people are selling vegetables out of their cars. People need medicine and food.
There’s no coordination at all between the military and the new civilian “government”.