46 days without food and water: the Russians kept the captive soldier of the Armed Forces in a house in coal (video)
They repaired it with their husband, built a pool in the garden and sauna in the basement. "Everything was planned with such a passion. But peace did not last long," she said. After the start of a full -scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Marina's husband was in the Armed Forces, and she went to a safe place with her children. Before leaving her house, she recorded a video.
The next time she saw her home a year later, in February 2023 - on footage from a TV camera of a Russian soldier who was posted on social networks. Marine infantry with the call sign "Fima" was in her living room and viewed photos of Marina and her family. "Beautiful," he said, looking at one of the photos. According to the owner of the house, these were spooky footage, she regretted that she did not take the albums with her.
Ukraine defended the coal for two and a half years, the last major offensive of the Russian troops began in 2023, but they never managed to fully capture the city until October 2024. During a long battle, when the front line shifted, at the end of January 2023, Fima led a group of soldiers into the suburbs and found himself at the epicenter of fierce battles near Marina Prederiy's house. He and a few more people entered the house.
When the personnel of the Russian military became viral, "Fima" in the Russian Federation was welcomed as a hero, according to official documents, in February 2023 he was withdrawn from the front due to his leg wound. But these staff did not show that the Russians were kept in the basement of a house in the carbonard of a Ukrainian soldier, he was starving and desperately needed medical care. Before the war, Alexei worked as an IT specialist.
After the Russian invasion, he voluntarily went to fight and became an operator of the drone. After the Russian troops broke through Ukrainian positions at the end of January 2023, Alexei and his comrades attempted to retreat, but some, in particular Alexei, were injured. Russian soldiers drove wounded Ukrainians from house to house, and in the end Alexei found himself in the basement of Marina's house.
He was held captive for almost a month - in the footage made by the Russians and posted on the network, it is evident that he was wrapped in one of the carpets that was in the house. During the battle for the coal, Russian soldiers retreated and left Alexei one. He spent 46 days in Marina's house, and most of that time he had almost no food and water. The wounded, hungry and dehydrated, he could not leave the building. "I was able to find some crumbs on the floor.
There was a piece of cracker who stole my mouse at night. I hid him, and then the mouse probably stole it because I couldn't find it," he said in an interview journalists. But hunger was nothing compared to thirst. One day, after the departure of the Russians, Alexei almost died. He disrupted the sauna water pipes in the hope that there may be water. Found an unknown fluid that was eventually antifreeze. Several sips caused internal burns and almost were deadly.
In March of that year, when the Ukrainian troops won part of the coal, another video from the Maryna House was spread on the network. On it the former New Zealand soldier Kane Tai goes into the house and finds Alexei. "New Zealand, New Zealand, it's me!" - Alex shouted to his colleague, who went to fight for Ukraine. Thoi died in battle only after two weeks. Alexei was taken out of the house and taken to a safe place. According to him, if he was left for a few more days, he would not survive.