Lyudmila Ivanovna has to sit down, she's dizzy. She tries to keep her composure, but the tears just flow down her sunken face. "I knew what to expect, the neighbors sent me photos of our house weeks ago," says the 55-year-old woman. "But seeing this destruction with your own eyes is a shock."

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