It wasn't my work schedule that led me to the editorial office on January 12.
Around midnight we heard a shot from an armored vehicle not far from our building. Then a second. We decided that the TV tower was being stormed. The shots became more frequent, but we couldn't understand where they were coming from. After about 15 minutes tanks that were firing loudly came along Konarskio Street from the direction of Vingis Park. Making a terrible noise, a column of tanks lit everything up with a paralyzing searchlight. The people who were protecting the RTV Center rushed to the street, chanting slogans of freedom, and holding hands. In 10 minutes the column returned and stopped at the entrance of the Radio building... The windows shattered from the shots. People chanted “Fascists!" and rushed to the Radio building. Shouting, shattering glass and blinding searchlights... Series of tommy gun and machine gun fire... Two tanks with their barrels aimed at the people started moving... People huddled together. Explosives were thrown from the tanks. Everything became muddled in the midst of that inhuman noise, the smoke, and the flashing of searchlights. But there wasn't panic. Suddenly soldiers jumped out of the tanks, lined up and shoved people away from the building. The people who resisted were kicked and beaten with guns. One of the tanks moved towards the building. People tried to stop the tank with their hands. The tank stopped. The people were driven away. Then the tanks, knocking down trees and everything that was in their way, drove closer and shot tommy guns and machine guns at the first floor windows. About 20 soldiers forced their way inside. At 2:17 we had been occupied. A tall man broke in. Shouting hysterically, he rushed us outside with his gun pointed at our backs. He swore that he would make every other one of us stand against the wall so that he could shoot us for killing one of his guys... My God, I thought, what are they doing… I'm Russian. I'm ashamed for them...
Lithuania, 1991.01.13 : documents, testimonies, comments. - Vilnius : State Publishing Center, 1992, p. 183-184.