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At 69th day of the war in Ukraine, the Russian forces continue their offensive on the Donbass. Report to Lymana town on the Eastern front, where a man takes all the risks to help the inhabitants who have remained in place, in the midst of the bombardments.
On the road, concentration is at its peak. To through the Russian lines, under the din of shells, Nikolai Mavsisanbus driver, delivers bread to the civilians who remained in the town of Lyman (Ukraine)besieged by the Russian army. If the driver brings bread on the way out, he leaves with civilians because to Lymanmany choose to flee. Entire families, exhausted by more than two months of fighting and bombing, set off on the bus to an area outside the fighting.
On the road, the danger is constant. A shell has just fallen a few meters from the bus and its passengers. The splinter in the window of the vehicle testifies to the proximity of the fighting. “I drive very very fast because I am very scared”testifies Nikolai Mavsisan. On the faces of the passengers, fear mingles with the relief of having finally left hell. Sunday May 1four civilians were killed in a strike in Lyman.
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