“The tank driver said: and here we still need to prove who is guilty”: how war destroys entire families / Report

Support VPNovaya - free VPN for users from Russia and Belarus from Novaya Gazeta Europe. Every donation of 10 euros helps you connect 20 users for free. Share* access to the free Internet with us: <a href="https://vpnovaya.info/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://vpnovaya.info/</a> *Please donate to us only if you are not in Russia or Belarus and do not intend to visit them. Otherwise it may not be safe. On May 6, in the Borisov district of the Belgorod region, 46-year-old Elena Ponomarenko was killed during shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. 79 days later, on July 24, her common-law husband, 73-year-old agronomist Konstantin Lopatkin, passed away. His Niva was run over by a Russian tank when the pensioner was returning from the fair from Belgorod back to his home in Berezovka. The village is separated from the Ukrainian border by only 7 km. How did the war leave two families without parents at once and why did the tank driver escape responsibility? Novaya Gazeta Europe found his daughters in Kazakhstan. Some materials, as well as photos for the cover, were taken from the Wind project website: <a href="https://veter.info," target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://veter.info,</a> as well as from the Ashes Telegram channel. 00:00 — The husband was killed by a Russian tank, and the wife by a Ukrainian drone 01:07 — Why did Konstantin move to Kazakhstan from Russia, and how did he live here? 02:45 — About moving to Belgorod and the last meeting with the children 04:02 — How did Konstantin meet Elena Ponomarenko? 05:29 — Life a few kilometers from the border after the start of the war 06:52 — About the death of Elena as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces 09:43 — How did Konstantin cope with the death of his wife? 10:56 — A Russian tank ran over a Niva: how Konstantin died 12:47 — About the life of relatives during the war All the most interesting things are here: <a href="https://t.me/novaya_europe" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://t.me/novaya_europe</a> <a href="https://instagram.com/novayagazeta_eu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://instagram.com/novayagazeta_eu</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/novayagazeta_eu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://twitter.com/novayagazeta_eu</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/novayaeurope" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.facebook.com/novayaeurope</a> #war #yours #Belgorod