The Evdokimova family spent over two months away from their home in Donetsk to escape the fighting. When they headed back to the city with their five children, they quickly found that life was far from peaceful, reports GHN based on DW.
As Valentina Evdokimova sits in her front yard, there is a steady sound of nearby shelling. "Right now we're sitting here and hearing explosions from everywhere. We expected everything to be calm. That's why we brought the kids back," she says. "We came back a week ago. And all this week there's been bombing and shelling. So there is no ceasefire."
Just short distance away local store owners sift through the debris of a scorched market place. Six people were killed here on Monday when mortar fire struck and set fire to stalls. The attack appeared to be indiscriminate - this residential neighborhood was caught in the crossfire of an intense ongoing battle for control of Donetsk airport. On Wednesday morning it was hit again.
An apartment block was shelled too and now its walls are charred and windows shattered. A young woman emerges from the building, clutching two bags. As she walks toward the bus stop, loud thumps of artillery fire resume. But she does not flinch. "It's like music," she says, as she continues to calmly wait for the bus.
