Russia Ukraine war: Fleeing embattled border villages - BBC News

Ukrainians are fleeing villages close to Russia amid a rise in cross-border attacks.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsWar in UkraineImage caption, Nina Skorkina has now left her village near the border with RussiaBy Sarah RainsfordEastern Europe correspondent, Sumy regionWhen Russian planes began bombing her border village in northern Ukraine, Nina Skorkina refused to leave.

Then a police team arrived and evacuated the 87-year-old anyway, with explosions all around.

In recent days, other elderly and frail residents have been carried out on blankets across a bridge already damaged by air strikes.

As Vladimir Putin celebrates securing another six years in the Kremlin, and vows to continue his full-scale war on Ukraine, attacks across the border have sharply escalated.

Volodymyr Zelensky says nearly 200 bombs have been dropped on the Sumy region in north-eastern Ukraine this month alone.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68628376

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