In Kharkiv, two-thirds of the houses in the North Saltivka area were destroyed, and most locals left in early March, but there are those who remained under fire because they regretted leaving their homes.
About the man who since the beginning of war looked at all apartments in the fired high-rise building, in TSN .
Maxim has been living under massive artillery shelling in Northern Saltovka since the beginning of the full-scale war. During the next explosion nearby, he does not even pay attention, reassures: it is not strong. The hottest, he says, was in April and early May. “It simply came to our notice then. That’s how she just flew past us. And there was not even a whistle. They didn’t have time for anything, I didn’t hear anything for three days, “says Maksym.
He lived alone for three months under fire in the house, and all the neighbors left. The husband also sent his wife and parents to the West of Ukraine, he decided to stay. Even after the racists hit the building several times. In his apartment during the next shelling the windows were broken – he closed them with chipboard. When there was no gas, he started cooking on the grill, just on the street. And every day he reported to the neighbors if their apartments were still standing. After all, he left the keys to many neighbors.
In the chat I wrote down in which apartment the windows were taken out and where the fire broke out. He says he has flown to this house at least seven times. One of the entrances is completely destroyed.
It was on North Saltivka that the most enemy strikes took place. This is the district of Kharkiv, closest to the border with Russia. The racists started firing on Saltivka from the first days of the war and are still firing. At the beginning of the war, everyone who could left here. But now, despite hostile attacks, people are slowly returning – some for things, and some for good.
Before the war, more than 300,000 Kharkiv residents lived in Saltivka. But now many have nowhere to go. As of now, the Russians have destroyed 70 percent of high-rise buildings. After the war, the district will be rebuilt, the City Council says, but for now they are trying to provide those whose homes have survived with at least some living conditions. Public utilities work almost without days off, already more than 3 hundred houses here with light and water supply.
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