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Our correspondent covering in Ukraine met with survivors of the Russian genocide in person.

The Russians retreated, but where the vestiges of war remained, they lived in fear.



Correspondent Ahn Sang-woo from Ukraine.



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Ozera is a small town located in the northwest of the capital Kiiu.



Olech, who lives here, said the village was occupied by Russian forces within two days of the start of the war.



[Olech/Survivor: I heard that the war had started, but I didn't think it would go so fast that the Russian army took over the area in two days.]



One of his friends lost children in a Russian bombing, and the other I lost a family member to a Russian gunfire while evacuating on a bus.



[Olech/Survivor: I was really, really angry.

(But) there was nothing I could do if I killed someone by my side during the Russian occupation.]



The longer the Russian occupation period, the more difficult life became.



He recalls that the house often collapsed due to frequent bombing, and even the gas was cut off in -10 degrees Celsius.



[Olech/Survivor: I am well aware of how difficult and painful the people of Donbas are now because they have experienced Russian occupation.]



It has been over two months since the Russians retreated. We guided the reporters to an empty lot near the village.



It is now the site that the Russians used as their trenches when they occupied it.



I put sand in this box and barricaded it, and if you look here and there, the appearance of the warheads that were not used and left are still there.



Not long ago, a civilian was killed in an explosion of unknown cause near here.



[Olech/Survivor: Russian land mines and missiles remain around the village, and there are explosions every day to this day.]



Mr. Olech, who still lives in fear, is asked if he will be able to return to daily life after the war is over, and he replies that it is impossible. I did.



[Olech/Survivor: It was a very painful time beyond words.

Only those who were here at the time of the occupation can understand the pain.]



(Video coverage: Lee Seung-hwan, Im Ji-soo, video editing: Hwang Ji-young)