Sunday, February 1, 2015

Grim scenes as civilians flee eastern Ukraine

http://ift.tt/16jy6XD // Img_2258-1

DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine — It took nearly five months but Elena Koshikova finally convinced her ailing husband, Petr, to flee as fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels intensified.



"I'm very worried — he is all that I have now," Koshikova said of her husband, who has suffered a wheezing cough since the couple took shelter from near-constant artillery fire in the musty basement of Debaltseve’s railway station along with scores of others.


"I told him, 'This could be our last chance,'" she said, stroking the back of her husband’s neck as the couple waited for buses sent to evacuate the displaced. Read more...


More about Russia, Us World, U.S. World, Ukraine, and Donetsk



from MashableChristopher Miller
Share this post
  • Share to Facebook
  • Share to Twitter
  • Share to Google+
  • Share to Stumble Upon
  • Share to Evernote
  • Share to Blogger
  • Share to Email
  • Share to Yahoo Messenger
  • More...

0 comments:

Post a Comment