We survived, but for what? The story of the escape of a Ukrainian family from the occupation zone by Russian executioners. Real story.

Book excerpt: This book is the real story of one Ukrainian family and at the same time a written testimony and testimony of the cruel treatment of Ukrainian civilians by Russian military personnel for the Hague Court . There is no fiction in the book, every word is our blood, which we paid for the right to talk about the real events that we had to go through. I must immediately warn you that the book contains scenes of torture and violence committed by the Russian military against this family, as well as other Ukrainian captured civilians. These events, these words, this pain, and all these deaths cannot simply be crossed out or brushed over like in a painting, so that everything on the white canvas is “beautiful and orderly.” This is a real story with a detailed description of the real events experienced by the author of the book, this is a true story of life, which has no right to be embellished, a means of removing and not fully describing human actions , so that the book looks more “clean” and without cruelty. But by doing this with text, we simultaneously change reality and make the crimes committed by Russian military personnel look less cruel, and not what they really were. This is the real life story of my family, from which it is impossible to take and erase all these terrible scenes. Because you understand, these events from the lives of the tortured victims will never be erased. All surviving victims of the Russians will remain with scars on their bodies and souls. Peaceful Ukrainian people , who have never done anything bad to anyone, will never again be able to sleep peacefully, plunging every day into the nightmare of memories of the torture they experienced, which will emerge in every dream , and traces of the inhuman cruelty of the Russians will remain on their skin forever . Also, these atrocities cannot be erased from the history of Russia’s war against Ukraine, from the abuses of Russians against Ukrainian civilians. This book is yet another piece of evidence to convict Russia, Putin and all the guilty criminals in the Hague Court. I couldn't delete a single line from this book. I was unable to distort the real truth and soften reality. After all, this is all true. And who needs lies? Only Russians need softened facts of crimes committed. And people all over the planet should know what the Russians did in Ukraine, and understand what a real war is.