The village of Ivankiv, north of Kyiv, got under Russian occupation in the first days of the full-scale war. Now the bridge over the river Teteriv is destroyed here, the outskirts of Ivankiv are dotted with broken Russian equipment, trenches and dugouts.
As early as February 25-26, the first wounded civilians, who were struck by shrapnel, began arriving at the local hospital. The hottest day here was March 14, when people began to come here from the shelling in neighboring villages.
Despite looting, Ivankiv itself remained relatively intact. Locals say it was allegedly because local surgeons operated on someone from the Russian command who was wounded in fighting nearby. They had to operate under the barrels of machine guns.
Now the village is gradually coming back to life. Instead of being wounded by shrapnel, those who were blown up by Russian mines and streamers are now coming to the hospital - so here peole are once again asked to wait for the demining of the territory.
Our journalists visited Ivankiv and talked to locals about how they managed to survive under Russian occupation.
00:00 - what the Ivankiv region looks like after the Russian occupation
01:48 - Konstantin Shelest, surgeon of Ivankiv Hospital, talks about the beginning of the war and the work of the hospital under occupation
03:33 - what the Russian occupiers asked the doctors of Ivankiv Hospital
05:04 - the surgeon about the Russian commander with a call sign "Snyeg" (snow) who had to be operated under muzzles of submachine guns
06:35 - after the liberation of Kyiv region, new patients arrive at the hospital, who are blown up by mines and streamers
07:13 - Maryna from Ivankiv talks about life in the Russian occupation
07:36 - the story of Victor, a builder from Chernihiv, who was building a clinic in Ivankov and therefore also found himself under occupation
08:29 - locals talk about life and living conditions in the occupation
09:26 - Victor's story about a wounded Russian soldier (probably from the leadership) who was brought to the hospital with an escort