Oleh Hilzhynskyi

“Every single day they were shelling us from 11 a.m. to noon, then they started hitting at night, from 4 a.m. to 5 a.m.

We had a radio, and we would listen to what they were saying. We overheard a conversation between two so-called officials once: “Sleeping on the job? Look at the time, not a single shot at the airport, what are you thinking?” Back then, there were one or two launchers, but the guys were told there were four. So, they would fire half a package, adjust, then fire again – we knew we had at least half an hour while they were reloading [the launcher]. But they would run away immediately, so, during the day it was quiet. Our artillery fired at all the points they were shooting from, but you know, there are nuances, you might have little time to bring down fire on that square.”