Ghouta resident: 'Bombing and shelling never stops'
At least 290 people die amid heavy bombardment of the rebel-held enclave, despite it being in a "de-escalation zone".
Wednesday 21 February 2018 14:54, UK
Mouayad Mohildeen, a 29-year-old father-of-two, speaks to Sky News' Special Correspondent Alex Crawford from the basement of a building in eastern Ghouta where he is taking shelter.
For the last 36 hours, the bombing and shelling never stops in eastern Ghouta.
For example, I didn't sleep last night. My children didn't sleep last night, because of the shelling and the bombing.
There was an air raid, there were rockets… it is like doomsday. It is very bad.
We have been betrayed by the UN and the global community.
We are betrayed, really, because we are in the de-escalation zone, and we are under siege for five years, and today, between night and day, we are shelled and bombed every day.
That is betrayal.
In all of that, Staffan de Mistura (UN special envoy for Syria), says eastern Ghouta is like Aleppo.
My friend from Turkey asked me how I was managing to survive, and my answer is I don't know.
I don't know how we survive in eastern Ghouta - there is no aid, no goods entering.
There is a siege in eastern Ghouta, there is no way in or out.
The only bakery that was open was bombed yesterday.
When you manage to bring a loaf of bread to your house you are king of the world.
I have a three-year-old son and a one-year-old daughter.
I wake up at 4am or 5am so I can go out when it's a bit quieter and there is no shelling.
I go out and search for bread.
I go out at 4 or 5am to bring some bread for him. I pay the farmer extra money for milk for my daughter.
I go to the farm and pay the farmer money to give me some milk for my daughter.
Me and my wife just manage.