Pokrovsk was one such place.
“It’s crazy,” he says when we head to the city, “because it was a shelter, the safest city in the region and the biggest hospital. The evacuation train departed from Pokrovsk. “
When and when Russian troops take the city, it will deprive the Ukrainian troops of the key food and transport center.
Ukraine has already lost its production from a crucial coal mine in the area – the only one that produces Cox -Agugal for its metallurgical industry. The operations were rejected last month from the Russian promotion.
We join Anton for traveling to Pokrovsk. It has a harness and a separate medical kit attached to the front of the body armor. His white jacket with high visibility is carried by the slogan “Nobody leaves”.
There is a warning before heading. “When we parked, we leave the vehicles and do not stand nearby,” Anton tells us, “if they are aimed.
The closer we get more of the explosions we hear. The war left its mark, draining the city of life. The streets are deserted and the houses sat down. Some buildings were flattened. There is no smoke from the chimneys on snowy ruffles. We pass a parked car with a white flag.
But we find Olga, who is already waiting near the road, wrapped in a winter coat and a fluffy hood. This time she is one of the six people on Anton’s list for evacuation.
It goes to fix your home – quickly moving, despite 71 years. And then she gets into the minibus and does not look back.
