"Russians Are Approaching": Ukraine Town Evacuates Amid Rising Attacks
NDTV
Fighting in and around Bakhmut has been fierce and grinding, particularly on the eastern side of the Bakhmutka river.
Olena Morozova had endured months of bombardment in what has become the most gruelling battle of the war in Ukraine for the city of Bakhmut, but on Thursday, she said she had finally had enough.
"You go out into the yard -- bullets whistle over your head. My hands are shaking. I couldn't stand it anymore," she told AFP at a humanitarian hub as she waited alongside her belongings to be evacuated.
Her son had begged the 69-year-old to leave the besieged town, where a few thousand residents out of the pre-war 70,000-strong population shelter in basements and rely on aid.
Fighting in and around Bakhmut has been fierce and grinding, particularly on the eastern side of the Bakhmutka river that bisects the city. But, in recent days, Russia has said its forces have made another push in the city, having taken the nearby town of Soledar.
