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Friday, June 3, the 100th day of war in Ukraine, heavy fighting is underway in the east of the country. The victims civil were again evacuatedby train, in the area of Kramatorsk.
This is the train of hope. To Pokrovskin Ukraine, in ambulances, sick and wounded. In a few minutes they will leave the hell of the Donbass. This region of Ukraine is being shelled by Russian forces. The old men are on the stretchers and the carers try to protect the weakest from the sun. There are many women affected by shrapnel. “I was hit when my house was bombed”explains an elderly woman. “I thank them for doing this, for taking us away from here”testifies another, lying on a stretcher. She was seriously injured in the pelvis Solarwhere the Russians are within cannon range.
The evacuation is organized by Doctors Without Borders. A woman takes the train to accompany her sick mother. “We live near Lyman. The Russians are occupying this town right next to us. They bomb constantly. We had to leave”she says. Rescuers are benevolent, despite the climate of violence. Over the past two months, Doctors Without Borders has evacuated more than 600 people, mostly civilians, but also wounded soldiers.