“February 25-26, these numbers were still there.
They said that everyone go to the bomb shelter.
They announced on TV that they would take a supply of medicines, eat, some water, and we went, ”said a local resident.
Later, the residents discovered that the door to the basement where they were staying was locked from the outside with a padlock.
"Why were we closed?"
“Because it’s dangerous,” the resident said.
According to her, the Ukrainian side promised to release the residents when "they stop shooting," but they never did.
She also said that subsequently two men who were in a neighboring house "knocked down the bars."
“They knocked her down, got out and knocked down the lock.
And then we at least went out into the air.
Locked up as hostages,” the woman said.
Another resident added that they were without water or food.
“Do you understand how scary it is?
We only used process water,” she said.
Earlier, the Russian Investigative Committee reported that the deputy commander of a fire support company for educational work of one of the Ukrainian military units was detained in connection with the murder and sexual violence against civilians in Mariupol.