For Natalia Kirichenko, soldiers have been a priceless source of income. The shop assistant said servicemen were regular customers and bought the most items, especially knives and daggers.
Although she received state aid while the shop was shut for three months, she said it was far from enough to make ends meet. Miroshnichenko said that the hardest thing about getting to work without a car was the unpredictable nature of using public transport in wartime. The struggle to get around Kramatorsk has prompted Vladimir Pozolotin’s bicycle centre to resume service, the shop employee said, speaking from the basement of a building.channel when we were going to reopen because some are scared of taking the car. Others have no petrol or don’t want to join long queues at service stations,” he explained.