Elderly people in east Ukraine are waiting to be moved out as Russian troops advance
First published on Mon 18 Apr 2022 13.34 BST
“I saw what happened in Debaltseve. I saw the bodies on the road and the shot-up cars.” said Ievhen Tkachov, the head of the nursing home, about a major battle between Ukrainian and Russian-backed forces that took place in early 2015.“I know there will be no water, no electricity, no heating, no medicine. This lot will become a mass grave in a matter of days,” said Tkachov, referring to his vulnerable residents. “We have to go.
In the men’s house, the Guardian met an 84-year-old widower, Yevhen Kryvoshey, who was evacuated a month ago from Izyum. Izyum is a town near Kharkiv that has been at the centre of fierce fighting between both sides, and has been described by the city’s authorities as a second Mariupol.
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