KHARKIV, Ukraine — Tamara Halishnikova doesn’t remember how long the attack targeting her and other residents trying to escape the Russian-occupied village of Kurylivka lasted.
All she remembers are the sounds that rang out as the column of vehicles made its way along a railway embankment that late-September morning.
“There was an explosion, then automatic-weapons fire, then more explosions, then we went to the embankment, then gunfire, gunfire, gunfire,” she said, speaking at a press conference to RFE/RL at a hospital in Kharkiv less than two weeks later.
#Ukraine: Ukrainian force destroyed a Russian T-72B3 tank somewhere on the front- possibly with a precision artillery strike. pic.twitter.com/U32cHfxMed
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) October 6, 2022
