This woman is staying behind in her town of Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, to care for animals left behind in the war – even if it means being apart from her husband of 46 years.
Ukrainian and Russian forces are now fighting just yards apart in the streets of Bakhmut. The horrors of the war in the front-line city have been described as"hell on Earth." Russian troops and mercenaries from the Wagner Group have encircled the industrial town on the edge of Russian-held territory on three sides, but Ukrainian forces are putting up a fierce resistance — and both sides are suffering enormous losses.
"We are used to it now. We are used to hearing them shell every day and night," she told CBS News."Whenever I leave my home, I pray to God. I pray I can get some bread and not get killed along the way." "I am now 85. What can I fear now? We are going to die either of natural causes or we are going to get killed," she said."We are scared, but what does that give us if we can't do anything about it?"
Daniel Wilk, left, a Canadian national volunteering at a humanitarian aid center in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, speaks with CBS News correspondent Imtiaz Tyab in early March 2023.At an aid center, locals have been encouraged to evacuate while they can. Daniel Wilk, a Canadian volunteer, said he was doing just that.
"I don't feel well, I have a disability. I cannot sleep at night. I am walking around the house and I feel so bad, and I feel myself weakening," he told CBS News."There is no water, no electricity, and no heat… It's scary to live — I don't even live here, I suffer here."
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