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Oleg, who was wounded in action a year ago, now surveys the scene from his ruined balcony
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It's just so awful. So many children died. Nine children and nine adults were killed on Friday
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when Russia fired a ballistic missile loaded with cluster munitions at this residential area
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They have some kind of hatred for us. I guess they just think we should not exist
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That's what they want. That's their aim. As to why the city of Krivi Riga in particular is being targeted
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only one explanation springs to mind. Maybe it's because our president is from here. I don't know
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The Russians say they were targeting soldiers, but there are no soldiers here
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Russia claims to have hit a high-level military meeting in this restaurant near the playground
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The CCTV footage shows nothing of the sort. Here is the same moment from three different angles
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The two women sitting outside the restaurant are its owner and a friend of hers
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We had just hosted a beauty forum, pedicurist, manicurist. We were sitting outside chatting and then there was the explosion
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I didn't feel the injury to my legs and hip at first. I just saw Lilia was covered in blood
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At first I didn't feel anything. I was deafened by the blast. And then I stood up and I couldn't understand why there was a bloody lump of my flesh under the table
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Krivi Rik has suffered at least five rocket attacks in the past month. By now, almost all of the city's hotels, like this one behind me, have been destroyed
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Whether it's because it's an easy target, being a big city not that far from Russian-held territory
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or because it's President Zelensky's hometown, it's hard to tell. but residents here feel they're being subjected to a concerted campaign of intimidation