War in Ukraine: elderly people forced to stay in war zone

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S.Perez, C.Commery, L.Lavieille, A.Komonenko – France 2

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Thursday, May 26, the war in Ukraine is still raging and intensifying in the east of the country. Most of the inhabitants have fled, but some cannot, because of their age.

Fighting ever harder and bombardments that do not stop, the war in Ukraine is intensifying in the east of the country. In Kharkovthe city has almost become deserted, giving way to abandoned memories, here and there, by the inhabitants who fled in the face of the scale of the fighting. Some, too much aged to leave, stayed, a volunteer come help them every day or just give them some support moral.

Electricity just restored, windows that have exploded under the weight of the bombs as well as a certain lack of food, this is what those who have remained in their apartment have to face. For seriously ill residents who have seen all their loved ones leave, the moral and physical situation is even harder and they are fighting to stay alive and have a chance to see their families again.


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