Thousands of people in Ukraine's north-east are displaced as Russia steps up its offensive in the area, which started with a surprise attack last month.
She and her husband have raised their three children in the village of Bilyi Kolodyaz', just 20 kilometres from the Russia n border.In the early hours of the morning, their community of 3,600 people in Ukraine 's north-east, came under a barrage of shells and missiles."When it flew into our garden at night, we were very scared."
Natalia Logvinova and her three children fled their home in Bilyi Kolodyaz', Ukraine, after Russia's bombardment on May 10, 2024.Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Natalia has kept her teenage children safe while her husband battles on the front lines. Most are now sheltering nearby in Ukraine's second largest city of Kharkiv, which is also coming under daily attack from Russian forces.Russia captured the city early in Vladimir Putin's full scale invasion in 2022, but Ukrainian troops managed to reclaim it within a few months.Ukraine's capacity to defend itself relies on others.
"But making the residents' lives there as miserable as possible, causing a massive outflow and evacuation of the city is part of his plan to make Ukraine unviable, economically.""One goal of Putin that I can clearly see, is to try and reach Kharkiv within 10 kilometres of the city, which would make it vulnerable to regular artillery shells that would just magnify Russia's assault.
Mr Zalmayev described the previous restrictions imposed on Ukraine as "like fighting with a hand tied behind your back". "Some have already taken to calling it a Korean scenario where the front line would be frozen and there would be no peace agreement per se, but at least a ceasefire."
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