Roland Schmid
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© Roland Schmid 2020
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Marjinka, Februar 2020 (von der Ukraine kontrolliertes Gebiet)

Natalia Leftimovna. Her house was Now she lives with her husband in her son's house, which is poorly repaired. She had been wounded in the hip by a large-calibre machine gun bullet - the projectile keeps them. She has survived three heart attacks and in 2016 a tumour was removed from her face. She is fine now. Since she is able to work, she does not receive a disability pension, but there is no work. Now there is less shelling - before, they could not leave the light on, because they would shoot at her. were. Her husband has a pension, but has to accept casual work, otherwise the money is not sufficient. They sold the car, a Schiguli, and used the money to buy coal. "The war will not end as long as soldiers earn good money here, twice as much as miners. When the Ukrainian army came here, we were separatists for them. To this day they greet us not, our houses were marked accordingly. So we live like in a sandwich. Reconciliation will be very difficult: how can one forgive the other side if the child has been killed?

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