Family secretly film life in Russian-occupied Ukraine - BBC News

I am a local journalist. I have lived in Ukraine all my

life

and now my city is under Russian occupation. I start

film

ing to record the story as it happens abroad. This is our

family

history. Life under occupation. The dissident of the crisis. is changing the world had been fighting around Harrison for days every day we heard explosions silently they had taken over our city everyone is afraid she was a big risk taking out my camera we move our mattresses into the hallway where we are protected by extra walls and we play games to keep to Susha calm no, no, the first days everything freezes the schools are closed government buildings factories and empty abandoned offices it's strange, we try to follow our routines to keep things as normal as possible.

Weeks of the war I started going to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. I met the priests for the novich circuit. Today he is carrying a Ukrainian soldier. Some are concerned that ordering the death of a Ukrainian soldier will be seen as a provocation by the Russian military. um, the visibility of Russia confuses the Russian soldiers who don't seem to know how to react, but on March 21, after three weeks of demonstrations, Everything changes abroad, 23 days have passed since the occupation, we stay in the house from my

family

, I grew up here with my brother and his sister Marina Marina is pregnant she and her husband Vitali arrived last night escaping a battle outside the city potato bread Ali works in a luxury private estate located near the front now my sister Marina is checking how much smugglers charge to get people out of the city Conditions and his son are getting worse and with little

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I ride my bike to Father Sergey, his church, but when I arrive, Father Sergey is not there.

If I had arrived five minutes earlier, the Russians would have seen me too if they had searched me. I found my videos. They could have taken me away too. Worried about my father. His mobile phone works. Did he have a chance to delete his text messages with me? I need to be more careful with you tomorrow. The reality of this war is impossible to process. How much? Susha understands what he will remember, will that change abroad? Russian media talk about plans for a referendum. They want to create a pro-Russian republic to legitimize their occupation. It weighs heavily on my family that they apologize to me abroad. was taken by Russian security services.

She posts the video in which she ran away from her son and wants to explain what happened to her. Yes, foreigner, Russian forces intensify their campaign to read my city about its Ukrainian identity. Ukrainian flags and symbols are removed. Russian flags now fly over all government buildings and a senior Russian politician who is part of Putin's Circle meets with her son's new leaders. The message is clear: for the first time we are starting to see ordinary people openly showing their support for Russia by wearing a St. George ribbon. It's sad that half the population has already abandoned it.

My son now with Sally and my pregnant sister are getting ready to go out. Russian security services have taken over the complex and threatened foreigner Vitali Ately. This is our chance to get out. I must respect yourself. Information that there have recently been fights on the roads. From the city we have heard many reports that civilians trying to escape have been attacked two weeks abroad, it is too dangerous to

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at checkpoints, but I film when I can. Susha watches cartoons and slaves after two days and more than 20 checkpoints, we are lucky. Because we are traveling with Susha and a pregnant Marina, they let us pass.

Others have to wait without guarantee. They will leave after three months of being busy. We cross into freedom and into a new chapter of Our lives abroad.