Volunteer Oleksii Savkevych drives along Haharina Street, one of the central streets in Avdiivka. Although it is known as the "Mural Alley", now it is more like the Alley of Burns. Famous Ukrainian artists created a series of murals on the walls of the now-destroyed five-story building before the invasion. The first was "River of Life" by Oleksandr Brittsev. At this moment, the five-story building, on which the mural is painted, is intact, albeit with broken windows and gutted balconies. It was April 28 when we shot this video. A few hours later - in the evening - a Russian missile hit it. The central part of the building collapsed, and the mural burned on the left side.
It is the spring of 2023 in Avdiivka, a rapidly disappearing city.
Russian mines and missiles burn Avdiivka to ashes every day. Avdiivka, located next to Maryinka, Bakhmut, Severodonetsk and Mariupol, is turning into another Ukrainian city that no longer exists. We asked a volunteer from Avdiivka, Oleksii Savkevych, a doctor, Vitaly Sytnyk, and a police officer, Maksym "The Fierce", to show us how Avdiivka is disappearing before their very eyes and to tell what it is like to lose one's hometown.
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