Dmytro Murantsev
Dmytro was born in Donetsk and moved to Mariupol in 2019 to enter the Mariupol Professional College of Culture and Arts.
On 5 March 2022, as the war escalated and the humanitarian situation in Mariupol deteriorated, and for evacuation purposes, he came to the theater with his then-girlfriend Yelyzaveta Fatieieva, her mother Oksana Mazina and their cat. As the Russian Federation army broke the ceasefire, they were forced to stay in the theater and wait for the evacuation corridor. Dmytro settled with Yelyzaveta and her family in the theater’s bomb shelter.
When the Russian Federation army attacked the Drama Theatre on 16 March, Dmytro was in a bomb shelter. It remained undamaged after the bombing. Then, Dmytro was able to leave the city.
This is a short version of a three-hour interview with Dmytro, which was conducted using the methodology of spatial testimonies. Dmytro shares his memories of the theater space that served as a shelter, the gradual shrinking of the city gripped by war, and the attack on the Drama Theatre.
The interview was created with the financial support of European Union, International Renaissance Foundation
This publication/interview was compiled with the support of the European Union and the International Renaissance Foundation within the framework «European Renaissance of Ukraine» project. Its content is the exclusive responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union and the International Renaissance Foundation.
