“Give me the way. My mom died in the car "

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More than 100 thousand Armenian_ok left Nagorno -Karabakh. 18 of them are relatives of the Armenian of Ida from Yerevan. At the end of September, they were able to leave Stepanakert - a city in Nagorno -Karabakh. We asked Ida to retell what she heard from her family - how they left her house and what we saw on the way to Yerevan. This text is very small, because Ida had a little time to talk, but it can be quickly read.

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  October 9, 2023

They shot at the townspeople, at the civilian population, at hospitals, schools, and in sights - in the city center, on the outskirts. Many civilians died. But no matter how many shootings continue, none of my family even thought about leaving. No one was going to give up. There was fear, everyone has it - for their children, for the future, for the house, for parents. [Relatives] left only at the moment when [representatives of the Azerbaijani side] began to evict people, announcing officially that Artsakh was no longer ours - now it was the Azerbaijani territory.

In the afternoon, people sat in the basements: they did not work, did not study - they were afraid to go out. At night, when everyone began to get ready to leave, my relatives left the cellars, went home and gathered everything they had time. First of all, documents and expensive things, including photos of parents.

Those who had their own cars - that was lucky, and they went to them. Most use gas, but someone even managed to dig gas, which no one has seen in Artsakh for nine months. Many had to go to the fuel warehouse where an explosion occurred. In one day died On September 25, an explosion occurred at the fuel warehouse near Stepanakert, as a result of which at least 170 people were killed, 290 were injured. The exact causes of what happened are unknown. 170 people.

Everyone with whom I am familiar with, the road [from Stepanakert to Yerevan] took at least 24 hours. My relatives rode 48 hours. [On the road] everyone thinks about themselves. My brother told how they stood in a traffic jam, and one man began to shout: “Give the road, give the road. My mother died in the car. ” But no one gave the road.

On the way, help is organized only in Goris The Armenian city closest to the Lachinsky corridor. . There are many local volunteers and who came from Armenia. They give a drink, eat. Prior to this [point] there is no one in Artsakh. After my relatives arrived [to Yerevan], they underwent a medical examination. In their case, it was prevention, but I personally know a lot of people who really needed first aid. For example, those who have four children on the road.

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In the near future, none of my relatives think about returning. No one believes [in what happened]. Everyone is constantly stipulated that they are traveling here, that they will return soon. Refugees tell their stories to each other: how someone buried his son right before leaving; or as five people died in a family at once from an explosion; How they stood in a traffic jam for days.

[Before the beginning of hostilities] the blockade [Artsakh] lasted nine months, almost 300 days, was hunger. If someone found things that [before the blockade] could be bought for the minimum cost, [after its beginning] they were already torn for them and paid giant amounts. This lasted for nine months, and then Artsach began to bomb.