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UKRAINE / DONETSK DISPLACED
STORY: UKRAINE / DONETSK DISPLACED
TRT: 02:39
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR
LANGUAGE: RUSSIAN / NATS
DATELINE: 15 MARCH 2018, KRASNOHORIVKA, UKRAINE
1. Pan right, Marina Baban arriving at her home
2. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Marina Baban, Displaced Ukrainian Mother:
“I moved into this house because my own house was hit several times. Then I lived in a neighbor’s house on the next street over.”
3. Pan right, Marina crossing the yard
4. Wide shot, family home
5. Med shot, windows covered with wood
6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Marina Baban, Displaced Ukrainian Mother:
“We lived there for almost two years. The shells kept falling all around us until the wall of the house came down. Half of the house crumbled.”
Wide shot, abandoned road with ‘Stop’ sign in the middle to prevent trespassing
7. Pan right, from one of Marina daughters to the house
8. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Marina Baban, Displaced Ukrainian Mother:
“Thanks to God, we were alright. And then we met someone who offered to let us live in this house.”
9. Wide shot, Marina greeting her daughters
10. Close up, cats sleeping the kitchen
11. Close up, sink
12. Tilt up, from the sink to a covered window
13. Various shots, Marina and one of her daughters in the kitchen
14. Wide shot, Marina and her daughter talking in the kitchen
15. Wide shot, family members
16. Close up, Dasha petting a cat
17. Wide shot, Dasha petting a cat
18. Wide shot, Marina in the house
19. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Marina Baban, Displaced Ukrainian Mother:
“I help the little one. Like when there’s gunfire, she’s scared, so we all start talking about something else, so she doesn’t focus on it, because it’s so stressful. We all support each other.”
20. Wide shot, an elderly Krasnohorivka resident pulling a cart
21. Wide shot, an abandoned playground in front of an empty apartment house
22. Med shot, an abandoned swing
23. Wide shot, Marina helping Dasha to dress up
24. Close up, Marina closing Dasha’s school bag
25. Med shot, Marina helping Dasha to dress up
26. Close up, Dasha’s painting
27. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Dasha Baban, Marina’s Daughter:
“This is a portrait of my mom and I made it for her for International Women’s Day, and I gave her this card.”
28. Wide shot, Dasha and Marina
29. Med shot, UNHCR charity boxes on the floor
30. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Marina Baban, Displaced Ukrainian Mother:
“I hope they get an education and have a profession. I hope the war ends and we all have good jobs, so we’ll live a prosperous life. I wish the best for my kids.”
31. Wide shot, one of Marina’s daughters and her child
32. Various shots, another daughter making fire
Marina has been displaced twice as shells continued to rain down on her village in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. Now she must make do in a ramshackle shelter, caring for four generations of family while hoping peace will allow them to pursue happier and safer lives.
The town of Krasnohorivka lies close enough to the line of contact separating the Donetsk region’s rival sides that it has sustained continuous damage from the conflict. Almost two-thirds of its 15,000 residents have fled, along with most jobs, and several schools have shut down, forcing children together into the remaining building, studying in shifts. Shelling continues to plague villages on the militarized dividing line that now cuts through Donetsk, even four years after the start of the conflict.
Marina and her family have moved from house to house to avoid the bombs.
SOUNDBITE (Russian) Marina Baban, Displaced Ukrainian Mother:
“I moved into this house because my own house was hit several times. Then I lived in a neighbor’s house on the next street over.”
SOUNDBITE (Russian) Marina Baban, Displaced Ukrainian Mother:
“We lived there for almost two years. The shells kept falling all around us until the wall of the house came down. Half of the house crumbled.”
In a nearly abandoned “red zone” on the edge of town they found the safest place possible, In a house with no running water, and no windows left.
SOUNDBITE (Russian) Marina Baban, Displaced Ukrainian Mother:
“Thanks to God, we were alright. And then we met someone who offered to let us live in this house.”
Marina now provides for four generations of family from grandmother to grandchild and her three children.
SOUNDBITE (Russian) Marina Baban, Displaced Ukrainian Mother:
“I help the little one. Like when there’s gunfire, she’s scared, so we all start talking about something else, so she doesn’t focus on it, because it’s so stressful. We all support each other.”
Life is a daily battle in a conflict which is forgotten by most of the world but continues to claim victims, forcing one and a half million people from their homes.
Marina is striving to beat the odds. She found a job, working 12 hours a day, earning 75 US dollars per month, and works hard to transform a dark place into a loving home.
For 9-year-old Dasha, her mom is an everyday hero.;
SOUNDBITE (Russian) Dasha Baban, Marina’s Daughter:
“This is a portrait of my mom and I made it for her for International Women’s Day, and I gave her this card.”
Marina holds on to a vision of a better future.
SOUNDBITE (Russian) Marina Baban, Displaced Ukrainian Mother:
“I hope they get an education and have a profession. I hope the war ends and we all have good jobs, so we’ll live a prosperous life. I wish the best for my kids.”
UNHCR support has helped Marina to offset costs of everyday life, but only peace can bring eastern Ukraine in from the cold.
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