Which God to Pray to for Everything to Get Better?

"I've lived in Shebekino all my life. My grandchildren are here, and my great-granddaughter. I don't feel so bad for myself, but it's heartbreaking that the kids haven't been able to attend school for three years already... There are frequent attacks, sometimes even twice a day. My husband was recently wounded near the entrance of our building. He was standing with some men when the shelling began. Everyone ran, but he's old and couldn't run in time. He was wounded—shrapnel in his shoulder and arm. The ambulance came that same day, took him to Belgorod, where he had surgery and received treatment. We hope for his recovery.

We'll stay here...

From our country, from Russia, we seek help—not material, but moral, to understand us, support us, sympathize with us. Nothing more..."

For over a month, we've been working across our border areas in Kursk and Belgorod regions. We travel to observe the situation on the ground, witnessing the evacuation of the population, and preparing material for our project "We Are Alive." I take full responsibility for every word and frame in our reports.

And of course, we talk and listen to people—our people, ordinary Russians, whose lives have been unexpectedly interrupted by war.

Nina Makarovna, a resident of Shebekino.

Watch, listen, subscribe, help, participate. No one will help us but ourselves. We are all we have.

My RUTUBE

War correspondent Mariyana Naumova