Marjinka, February 2020 (territory controlled by Ukraine)
Elena Alexandrovna (87), the mother of
Evgenji (see below). She has taken in her badly wounded son. "The good years were the
80s. With President Janukovich the system became corrupt - but who is not corrupt? The people
people got bank loans, people bought cars, everything improved. There used to be little
Stages, there were concerts, there was always someone celebrating something. People were outside
hit. Now: nothing! Everything has changed now, everything has collapsed"