Fleeing landmines and hunger: evacuees share the reality of life in Oleshky

Summary

Seventy-one-year-old Anna Stepanska from Russian-occupied Oleshky describes the life-threatening risks residents faced just to find food before being evacuated to Ukrainian-controlled territory on Oct. 31. Recalling a trip her husband took to fetch groceries, Alla describes learning that local residents were killed by landmines along the route. “I told my husband: you’re not going anymore... I will starve instead,” she says. “Those who stayed behind now regret staying. They say they should have left with us.” Video: Yuliia Taradiuk; Olena Zashko / the Kyiv Independent.

Description from The Kyiv Independent.