Retired couple walked 16 km under fire: details of the evacuation.

According to inkorr.com: An elderly couple from Donetsk decided to leave for Lyman to protect themselves from Russian shelling. The pensioners, who had been hiding in a basement for a long time due to constant attacks, were left without food after their house was destroyed by the occupiers. The man, who lost all his belongings along with his wife, told about the difficult journey to a safe place.

Difficult journey to a safe place

 

'We were hiding in the basement because of the bombing. We didn’t eat for three days. It hit, and we barely managed to escape from the cellar. Everything burned down, nothing was left. We decided to go to our son-in-law in Lyman. We left at 9 a.m. and arrived around 2 p.m. We stopped at a house because my wife felt unwell with her heart. We covered 16 km, holding onto a bicycle. The woman walked barefoot because her feet were sore from the boots.'

, the man shared.

Red Cross assistance

The team

'White Angels'

evacuated the couple to a safe place where representatives of the

'Red Cross'

were already waiting for them. Thanks to this assistance, the couple was able to reach their relatives in other regions of Ukraine. In addition to them, several other people were evacuated. Currently, residents of the Lyman community are increasingly turning to the police with requests for evacuation due to increased enemy attacks.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi refuted accusations from the Russian side regarding the blockade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Pokrovsk and Kupiansk, emphasizing that while the situation in some areas is indeed complicated, these statements are inaccurate.

Elderly pensioners from Donetsk managed to evacuate to Lyman in the Kharkiv region after their house was destroyed as a result of Russian shelling. Residents were provided support and the opportunity to contact relatives in other regions for further stay. The number of those wishing to evacuate from the Lyman community is increasing due to intensified shelling and threats from Russian drones.