Ukraine war: Melitopol resident describes life under Russian rule
"If they claim they came to defend the Russian speakers, I鈥檝e got a message for them. I don鈥檛 need to be defended."
The port city of Melitopol lies on the south coast of Ukraine. Russian forces took control of it in the first days of the invasion.
蜜芽传媒 Newsday got a rare insight of what life is like under Russian rule from Marina, a local resident who sent us this recording just before she got out of the city. We have voiced it up in English.
She says all roads in have been blocked by Russian forces and 鈥渢he only information we are getting is via Russian TV and Luhansk Republic Radio.鈥�
She says locals are promised 鈥渁 better life鈥�. That they will have all their debts cancelled and that they will get Russian pensions but 鈥渟ince very few people support the so-called Russian order they bring in extras from Russia by buses to show them on TV.鈥�
(Picture: A still image taken from a handout video made available by the Russian Defence Ministry press service shows Russian military vehicles and tanks drive on the road near Kyiv, Ukraine dated 7 March 2022. Credit: EPA/RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE)
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