- There is at least the approximate numbers as residents remain Sloviansk now in the city?
- Of course there is. The city is now more than 60 000 inhabitants. Among them - three thousand children. Perhaps a few thousand more will leave, but more than 50 thousand remain here. People do not want to leave his hometown, to leave their apartments and houses. Some have nowhere to go, some - no matter what. So the city is not empty. All utilities work - and this is the people working the hospital - doctors are people too. And so on.
- Main, in your opinion, what problems Sloviansk today?
- Their two - electricity and water. During shelling June 8 destroyed four high-voltage lines. To restore needed here specialized team from Donetsk. For two days we have been negotiating with all with whom possible to ensure the safety of the brigade. Yesterday brigade arrived in Sloviansk suburbs, the area on the post Bylbasovka. Natsgvardiya said that the job site delivered mines that do not correspond to reality. Just do not want to miss the repair crew. Negotiations began again because electricity - this is key. None of it - no water, no water - no sewage works. All this may lead to an ecological catastrophe, not only for the city but also for several regions. Including a swimming pool Sea of Azov. River passes through Slovyansk Butt falls in Donetsk, then Don and the Azov Sea.
- There is a view discharges into water bodies?
- Naturally. Without electricity, we do not have the ability to pump the sewage into the tank, where they clean up passes. So all this will fall into the river system and go downstream. And now the summer heat, you may receive any infection.
- Gunmen Igor told us that Ukrainian military shut off the water supply to the city from the village of Donetsk. There are some other possibilities to pump water?
- Closed flap - this is a big problem, but we could serve at least the minimum necessary. But first, we have no pumps to pump it. Secondly, there is no pumping stations to pump the sewage system. This requires electricity.
- In light of several streets still there ...
- The city was fed from several sources. But damaged the main high-voltage line of 110 kilowatts. In the city, go a few more lines, but they do not have sufficient capacity. Try to provide at least a hospital teams work around the clock. Invent the most unthinkable options. Russian people and cook porridge from an ax, and receive electricity from the air.
- And what about the supplying of products?
- The last two weeks of the National Guard and Ukrainian army stopped flowing in Slavic foods. Shops close, with products problematic. While the city is provided, but it gets hard.
- Basic needs what?
- Drinking water and food. Fuel - also a priority issue. Fuel trucks here also do not miss.
- Evacuation somehow arranged for those who wish?
- Daily exported, with 150-200 people. With great difficulty, but still let them.
- In a difficult time, you city headed? Do you regret?
- There is a word "must." Remember the movie "Officers"? There's one of the characters said, "There is such a thing - to defend the motherland." Life support - it's the same protection of the city.
In the video, the French media report about life in the besieged Slovyansk.