Interview 5 - Bohdan Taras Kondratiuk

Today, I travelled to Odessa, Ukraine to meet up with Bohdan Taras Kondratiuk. He was a soldier and a war veteran who had lost much duting the war. I found him alone in an undermanned "hospital" if that is even an appropriate term for the horrid place. It was heavily undermanned, with only enough nurses to take care of some who lived there. Furthermore, there were no doctor's at all! This gives you an idea of what this man had to live in after coming home from one of the most brutal conflicts the world had ever seen.

His troops were positioned in Kiev, as this was the supposed safe zone and was where most of the military was located. But, out of the blue, the government suddenly changed this safe zone to Crimea. The effects of this were enormous. Chaos ruled as the governmental system broke down and people who had no hope began to take over. Those who wanted to escape left through the many bridges around the city and were then directed by the military. Bohdan and his men were placed at the Patona Bridge, a historically important bridge for Ukraine. His men tried their best to hold the refugees at bay but could do so for only so long.

Now Bohdan's men were faced with a unique problem that caused them to make a difficult choice. With this large of a group, it was nearly impossible to weed out those who were infected and hiding it. This made transportation of these refugees very difficult. But as he tried to figure out a way, the government did so for him. They sent planes armed with RVX  to kill off everbody, so that those with the infection could reanimate and therefore be destroyed. This plan was very cruel but, unfortunate, very effective as well as everyone there who was a zombie was killed off much easier. Those who survived immediately ran off in many directions to escape the place, and Mr. Kondratiuk followed suit.

This event shows how desperate the government was to kill off the zombies, willing even to risk the lives of their own people for this sole purpose. This cruel fact affects me greatly and saddens me as well because of the lives that were lost and hopes that were crushed by this horrific time in human history.