BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 22:14:00
There's no central heating in town — no gas or piped water, either. valeriy�*s wife, era, an accountant, shows me the basement where they've lived for the past nine months. a warren of tiny storerooms. it's onlyjust now that power has finally been restored here. new year's decorations, still in place. some of era's neighbours in the cellar were openly pro—russian. "there were quite a few russian supporters down here," she says, "but they all left with the russian troops when they retreated. "i guess they were scared of what would happen to them now." in a strange way, the horrors of the ...