Ukraine-Russia war: Donetsk evacuations leave some behind

Evacuate now or face the misery of a Russian onslaught as winter approaches: That’s the blunt warning Ukraine delivered to the hundreds of thousands of

KYIV, Ukraine — Evacuate now or face the misery of a Russian onslaught as winter approaches: That’s the blunt warning Ukraine delivered to the hundreds of thousands of civilians still left in Donetsk, the eastern province that is now the heart of the country’s fight for survival.

For some, the choice is made simpler by every thud of a Russian shell. For others, the prospect of giving up on their homes, potentially for good, is still inconceivable.

Lyudmyla Bogomolova was born and raised in the tiny village of Pavlivka, just miles away from what are now the front lines of the battles in the industrial heartland of Ukraine’s east. 

Since Russia invaded in February, the math teacher has been helping to deliver humanitarian aid to those in need in her village. But with Moscow’s might focused on a push to take full control of her home province, the shelling has become hard to bear.

Bogomolova, 51, and her husband, Mykola, first thought about leaving last month, she told NBC News on the phone.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ukraine-russia-war-donetsk-evacuations-leave-rcna41465

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