Bomb baby Polina celebrates her first birthday with a cuddly Paddington Bear as her mum says: 'She is a beacon of hope'
Credit: Chris EadesAnastasia had no idea whether her partner Andriy had survived the attack as phone signal was knocked outBank worker Anastasia said: “We heard a plane and saw a flash and there was an almighty bang.“I had just had an operation so I couldn’t run and I couldn’t carry my baby.“People were crying and screaming. We didn’t know where the bombs were falling or if they would hit the hospital.“All I cared about was getting me and Polina home alive.
Anastasia said: “Their artillery was in the city, the water and power kept going out and Polina’s bed was a cardboard box.At times the fighting was so close to their home that their basement shook from explosions and a bullet slammed into one of their wooden window frames. The living conditions became so grim they fled to her parents’ home — but reluctantly had to leave their dog Ralf behind.Snipers were picking off civilians if they ventured out, and enemy jets flew overhead constantly.They stuffed clothes and important documents into a black bin bag and ventured outside to find the streets covered with huge shards of glass and piles of rubble.
They ran for a quarter of a mile to reach the convoy, fearing a sniper attack or renewed bombing from a jet every step of the way.“We did not know where the buses were going but we just hoped it would be somewhere safer.” The family reached the convoy, and after two days of travelling by bus and train they reached the relative safety of
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