violetta voloshkina and oleksandr lapaiev escaped with the truth. ( oleksandr lapaiev speaking ukrainian and russian ) "suddenly there was no gas at the gas stations," he told us. "so, we couldn't go anywhere. then, food started disappearing from the stores. and real hell broke loose-- power was out, we couldn't charge our phones, the heat was gone. the worst thing was the explosions getting closer. the school was burning, some shops were on fire. next to our apartment building there was an abandoned home. and that building really saved us, because we could go there, break the door frames and window frames, and use that to start fires." what happened to the people you were with, in the bomb shelter? ( oleksandr lapaiev speaking ukrainian and russian ) "there were about 50 of us in the basement-- no room to lie down, myself with my wife and daughter. there was no bathroom, no water, no light. one elderly lady suffered for two days, she shouted, she moaned. and imagine, it's 11:00 at night, it's dark, and she passes away." he told us four days later they escaped the basement. the body of t