A 98 year old Ukrainian woman said walked 10 km under the bombings, supporting themselves with sticks and sleeping on the ground, leaving Ocheretynein Donetsknow occupied by Russiaand trying to reach areas controlled by kyiv.
In a video posted by Ukrainian police on social media on Monday, the woman, identified as Lydia Stepanivnasaid walked all daywithout food or water, falling down exhausted several times.
He grabbed a cane and a stick and “to his character“, in her words, until she was located by Ukrainian soldiers.
“I was walking,” he said. “Something pushed me. I lay down, fell asleep, then woke up, could barely stand up. But I kept walking, slowly.”.
“I survived that war (World War II), and I am surviving this war.”Stepanivna said in the video, which shows her sitting on a bed in a shelter, dressed in an oversized coat and a scarf tied around her head, with a wooden stick still in her hand.
“I have been left with nothing. But I got out on my own and I still have Ukraine left.”he added.
According to her, His city did not suffer anything like that during World War II.
“That war was different. I saw it too. No houses burned. “Now the houses are burning.”said.
His house was destroyed and his family members injured.as reported in the video.
“Things turned upside down there.”said. “What is happening is horrible.”
“I woke up, they were bombing. It was horrible. How could you sleep? My daughter-in-law said, ‘We must go.’ I told: ‘Daughter, we should have left earlier.’”
The Ukrainian Ministry of the Interior reported in a statement published on its website that the Ukrainian military They discovered the woman at night and handed her over to the police, who took her to a shelter for evacuees. It was unclear when the woman was discovered.
At the end of the video, he goes to the policeman telling the woman that his family members were well and that her granddaughter would pick her up the next day.
The war, now in its third year and with no end in sight, has killed thousands of people, turned Ukrainian cities and towns into rubble, and displaced millions of people.
At least one person was killed and nine wounded on Tuesday during Russian attacks on Kharkiv. Ukrainian railways denounce a “targeted” attack against their network.
Russia recently intensified its attacks against ukrainian railwaysessential for trade, civilian transportation and military supplies.
The regional governor, Oleg Synegobovreported that Russian forces had attacked Kharkiv, a city in northeastern Ukrainewith “guided aerial bombs”.
One civilian was killed, he said, updating downward the initial toll of two dead. The number of wounded rose to nine, she later said.
The railway company, Ukrzaliznitsia, indicated that the deceased and one of the injured were its employees.
“This is a new attack directed by the enemy against civilian railway infrastructure,” he denounced in a statement.
By attacking railways, Russia is trying to “paralyze” military supplies, particularly Western material, in preparation for a new offensive, a senior Ukrainian security official had declared on Friday.
Ukraine sees difficulties on the front accumulating in recent months and fears that Moscow will launch a important offensive in the coming weeks.
Rail infrastructure is especially vital in Ukraine, since since the start of the Russian invasion in February 2022, all civilian air traffic has been paralyzed.
(With information from AFP)
