- Can you introduce yourself? - Viktor Petrovich.
- And where are we now? - We are now not far from Maryinka, about a kilometer away. - And how is the situation? - We're holding back.
Mostly mortar attacks, small arms. Sometimes grenade launchers, but we hold them back. Fighting spirit is high. The guys are all fighting.
We are waiting for the offensive, because it is no longer worth waiting for a breakthrough. They have no spirit, there is not much to fight with,
as the weapons they are given, they are just antlers for visitors. Clear?
- Yes. What do you think will happen next? - Further victory for us. Attack on all fronts. And they will surrender as they did before.
This is my opinion now. - Tell people who are in Europe and the USA and don't know what the Donetsk People's Republic is. What's this?
- This is a state that Russia has recognized, it is an independent republic that is being built. After the war there will be a complete
restoration process. It's gonna be all right. As it was before. Because in Donetsk mostly working people.
Here all the people are very good and kind and set only to win. - What do you think needs to happen to end the war?
- Surrender. Surrender your weapons and go to your place, set the Donbass free. Or they will lie down here, because this is my land.
I stand here on my own land, I was born here and live here. Therefore, I immediately say, just hand over your weapons and leave. This is their last chance to stay alive.
- And what are we hearing now? - Now it's 120mm mines. The shelling comes from two sides. We are putting down the fire from the other side,
because as soon as they start shooting, we are putting down the fire immediately. - And is it like this every day? - Not so often anymore.
Before, yes, it was more often, but now not so much. - What equipment do the Ukrainians shoot from? Or do they use drones?
- Yes, they send drones to see the situation. Mostly they are shot down so that they do not cause harm, especially to the civilian population.
- What do people from the US and Europe need to know about this situation here now? What is the most important?
- They just need to cut off the supply of arms in the first place. And sit down at the negotiating table with Russia and stop this bloody fraternal war.
Because the west and east have always been together, but then in 2014 on the Euromaidan, most likely there was a substitution of concepts.
Therefore, people are stupid, they were completely deceived, they now began to fight against their own brothers. And they came here to
dominate my land, in fact. They are wrong. Our life is a boomerang, and this boomerang will return to them with greater force. Let them expect what awaits them.
Most of them died here, and the rest are waiting for the same. Those who are in captivity are of course lucky. We showed loyalty to them,
and now they are in a normal state. They are guarded, fed, taken care of, treated, because we are good people and we did not come to them with a sword.
And Truchinov unleashed a war in the Donbass in 2014. That's basically all that happened. - Where are you from? - I'm from Donetsk, Kirovsky district.
- Have you been mobilized or have you been serving for a long time? - I am a reservist, mobilized. But I myself am a former submariner.
I didn’t dare before, but then there was the last straw, because young 19-year-old boys are dying at the neighbors too ..
So I took a weapon, went to defend my land, families, our city completely and our districts. This is Petrovsky district in the moment.
- People in the US and Europe think that the war has only been going on for 5 months. What can you say about this?
- The war on the territory of Donbass, Lugansk and Donetsk regions, at the moment the republics, has been going on for about 9 years.
Now it is July, it turns out that 8 years and 8 months. - What was your profession before the war? - I worked as a loader. - Yes? - Yes, I worked at the base.
- And why did you start fighting? - I told you, I'm already tired of watching children die. Everything is destroyed, our infrastructure.
I got pissed off of that. And I took up weapon in order to kill as many people as possible who came here to harm my people, with whom I live on this earth. Is it clear? - Yes.
- You said that the Ukrainian positions are about 1 kilometer from here, right? - Yes, about a kilometer. - We can go further..
- No, we can't go any further. There are heavy shelling. Not to risk your lives.. Because they kill even journalists without mercy.
And such cases are not isolated. You can watch old footage where they really killed journalists from Russia, and others who came from other countries.
They were simply killed so that they would not cover the reality and the truth that really exists.