Ukraine holds Sievierodonetsk as battle for Donbas enters critical phase; the Russians rejecting Putin and fighting for Kyiv
Unable to flee Russian-occupied cities such as Mariupol and Kherson westward into Ukrainian-held territory, many Ukrainians were left with a terrible dilemma: stay in their besieged city, or flee to the country that has destroyed their home.
Olena, a 59-year-old Ukrainian woman, spent three weeks cold, hungry and sleeping on the floor at one of these camps in Nikolske, a town in the self-proclaimed Donetsk people’s republic . She then enteredthrough its northern Kazbegi mountain border, where an estimated 20,000 Ukrainians have entered since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.“My goddaughter is still in Mariupol and sent me photos with crosses stuck into the ground everywhere.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy said: “Every day of delay or delayed decisions is an opportunity for the Russian military to kill Ukrainians or destroy our cities. There is a direct correlation: the more powerful weapons we get, the faster we can liberate our people, our land.”
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