Igor’s apartment in ruins after being shelled by Russian troopsIgor evacuated to the basement with only his pet cat and his ID card. It was 30 minutes later that Russian tanks began attacking the apartment.“The shelter shook violently, the ceiling collapsed, and smoke filled the interior. Children were crying and adults were praying. Fire broke out and we couldn’t breathe. We decided to evacuate the shelter.”  With hIs car destroyed and no means of transportation, Igor, holding hIs one-year-old grandson in his arms, ran out of his burning apartment into the street and ran hard toward another apartment, dousing himself in sparks of fire. “Bullets came from the right and the left,” he said, “and they blocked my way. I ran to the nearest apartment and the residents opened the door and let me into the shelter, but it was small and full of people. We are in no condition to stay there very long.” “A few days later we decided to head to the center of town. As we start to drive through the ruined city, an explosion occurs, and earth and sand start to rain down on us. We were almost at the Azovstal steel plant when the air raid started.”