For 5 hours of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Belarus , the explosion and gunfire temporarily disappeared.
Ukrainian capital Kyiv Return to calm. The new twin brothers slept in the basement of Children's Hospital . The pink and white woolen hat wrapped around half of his ears, and his chubby little face was facing the side.
There is no bed in the basement, and the sheets of different patterns are laid side by side on the concrete floor, and the wall where the pillows are against is covered with dust. Outside the basement of
, Kyiv is still shrouded in panic. A row of soldiers squatted around the train station, with spears leaning on their shoulders, and the citizens with their backpack turned their heads to look at them, speeding up their pace into the station.
In front of a train heading to the western city of Lviv , the old woman with a crutch moved towards the car door with difficulty, and there were a large number of citizens carrying luggage in front of her.
Rows of roadblocks were erected on the road in the city center, and thick smoke from somewhere covered the blue sky. People hid in the basement and listened to the sudden explosion.
In the fragments of life, individual fate has been rewritten by a cannon.
【1】That was not fireworks, it was an explosion
On February 14, when 18-year-old Ukrainian girl Polina was shooting a video at her home in Kiev, she heard a sound outside the window.
She turned the lens out the window, the lights of the high-rise building were particularly dazzling in the dark night, and there was no other light source.
sounded louder, a series of continuous crackling sounds, "I heard some gunshots, it was definitely not the sound of fireworks," said Polina.
sound lasted for a minute, "It seems like there is a war, this is really terrible." Polina's voice trembled a little. She pointed the camera at herself and covered her face with her hands. "I really hope it's just fireworks."
htmlOn February 15, Ukrainian President Zelensky said that she had been told that Russia would launch an attack on the 16th, but the Russian side denied the statement. htmlOn 21, reporter Larissa Kalik in Kiev put some documents, a book, a tight-fitting clothes and a sweater into her backpack, "I hope I don't need them." She wrote in her diary.Then she lay on the bed with her back facing the window, "I'm afraid the shells will blow on my back," said Larissa Kalik, and then she turned over and fell asleep.
She spent as much of the next few days on the streets of Kiev as possible. She took photos, communicated with people, and tried to document the city she loved. This is a bustling European town, with cafes everywhere and artworks hidden in the corners of the street. The afternoon park was filled with runners and cyclists. The beach by the river is shining with golden light, and the children often watch ducks swim. Unlike in the past, there are always helicopters flying over the city.
Around 5 a.m. on February 24, Salina was awakened by the explosion. She photographed a thick smoke rising from Kiev Airport . Outside the window was a harsh alarm sound, and occasionally the roar of the plane engine could be heard. At 8 a.m., the street was filled with cars, and there were long queues at the bank entrance.
She went to the supermarket to buy some bread, and there were only a few items left on the shelves. "I don't know what to do at this time, maybe what might happen, maybe I need to pack my luggage, I don't understand anything." When I got home, I saw the missed call from my family, "I have a headache," she said.
After being woken up by a phone call, she turned on the light, endured the dazzling bright light and put on her clothes, and put a few more items into her backpack. At this time, the apartment was very quiet. A sound came from outside the window, moving at an extremely fast speed. "I thought it was an missile ." She lay on the ground, trembling all over, waiting for it to explode, "But nothing happened, I don't know what that was."
She stood up, found a piece of paper, and wrote down her name, blood type, and friend's phone number. Then put the note in your jeans pocket, walk out of the apartment, board the bus arranged by a friend, and leave Kiev.
【2】Chinese people gave up returning to China for mixed-race families
There were more than 50 people on the bus that Arisa Kalik took. People don't have the panic she imagined, and some even joked that they don't have to go to work now, but Arisa Kalik saw that the expressions on people's faces were pain she had never seen before.Everyone was staring at their phones, some were making phone calls, and some were flipping through the news.
6 hours, the bus traveled 70 kilometers and encountered a military post on the way, where 7 soldiers stood. At 4 pm local time on February 25, local time, 31 hours after leaving Kiev, Arisa Kalik settled in a small town in western Ukraine.
At about 8 a.m. on February 26, a shell hit a civilian residential building in Kiev City. A Guang, a Beijinger, was less than two kilometers away from this residential building. He stood on the balcony and photographed the whole process. "It just went up and landed in 5 seconds." He covered his forehead and said angrily, "This is war, every three or five minutes."
More and more people are eager to leave. On the Hungarian border, 58-year-old Natalia Abreeva held two strange children. On February 26, she was alone on the border line and waited for a transit. A 38-year-old man and his two children were stopped by border guards. Because Ukraine prohibited men aged 18 to 60 from leaving, the man had to entrust his children to Natalia Abreeva around him.
"Their father trusts me." Natalia Abreeva said they didn't know each other before.
A few hours later, the child's mother arrived from Italy. After meeting, the two women hugged each other tightly and cried bitterly. Natalia Abreeva sent two children to the mother, and her children, who were employed by police and nurses, remained in Ukraine.
The originally happy family has experienced all the hardships. On a bus leaving Kiev, the little boy in a gray wool hat said to the camera, "We have left Dad, Dad will help our nation and army." He looks less than 5 years old, but he is extremely calm. He raised his right hand and wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes, "Dad is likely to go to war."
In 2002, A Guang went to Ukraine to study. In 20 years, he and Ukrainian formed a family and had 5 cute children. "I can't leave my wife, five children, and my wife's parents and go back alone," he said in tears.
A Guang thought that there might be a way to bring them back, but then he gave up the idea, "How can this make Chinese compatriots think of us? If we can really leave, our whole family has occupied so many places, which is incorrect."
Poland On the border line, some people are returning to Ukraine against the flow of people. A man in his 30s said firmly: "I must go back. My younger brother will accompany my mother and grandma. I need to go back to accompany my father." A woman in her forties said: "I am also afraid, but I am a mother and I want to be with my child. What can I do? I am very scared, but I must go back."
【3】 "I just hate war and hate bleeding"
Polina wrapped in a black down jacket and pulled a small suitcase and hid in the air raid shelter. She lay next to the sewer pipe with a plastic bag resting on her head, and said softly: "I am very tired. Even if I don't do anything every day, I'm just reading news."
Chinese student Shen Qing (pseudonym), also hid in the air raid shelter. The Ukrainian little girl next to him brought a little gray cat named Malusha. Malusha ran around the ground, sometimes gently rubbing her head against strangers' thighs, and sometimes messing up the slippers on the ground.
People couldn't help but caress Ma Lusha's furry body and smiled intimately. "It is our group pet and brings warmth to all of us," said Shen Qing. But Ma Lusha would still be frightened by the fierce explosion at night and hurried into the little master's arms.
The hospital moved the life-sustaining machine underground, and the already difficult illnesses became even more painful due to the smoke of gunpowder.
Mia is a baby born prematurely for 3 months. Before moving to the air raid shelter, she was still lying quietly in insulated box . Her mother held her and leaned against the green tiles in the basement, tired and helpless. "I'm very glad that the child is still young and she will have no memory of this painful day." Mia's mother said that the basement was damp and cold, and she often envied Mia for sleeping here.
Under the dim light, two little boys held a piece of white paper with the words "Stop War" in English. The paper was torn off from the notebook and fine pieces of paper hung on the edge. The boys' hair was shaved, which was a trace of long-term chemotherapy.
On the ground, angry adults are fighting fearlessly.
On February 27, a team of tanks drove slowly on the streets of Kiev. A Ukrainian man walked up to the tank, pressed his body against the front of the vehicle, and tried to push the tank back with his arm. The man held his arms against the front of the car and hung it on the tank, and the tank stopped moving forward. Then, the man fell to the ground with exhaustion and knocked to his knees. He was helped up and left here. The tank continued to move forward, and a stream of white smoke came out of the rear of the car.
htmlOn February 28, Russia and Ukraine held negotiations in Belarus to discuss the issue of ceasefire in Ukraine and the cessation of military operations. The meeting lasted about five hours, and Ukrainian President Zelensky said that the expected results have not been achieved at present.In the early morning of March 1, Polina posted a video. She was still in the air-raid shelter and could often hear explosions. "In fact, I don't care anymore. I'm no longer surprised when I do this for 4 consecutive days." Facing the camera, she looked tired, "I don't support any political stance. I just hate war and blood."
Jiupai News Reporter Ma Jieying Comprehensive report
