dazzlingd:
They could take pictures but not save her

Biodun556:
“When my firewood is finished, I will lie down and die,” says 70-year-old Nadezhda Vasilievna as she unlocks the wooden door of her one-bedroom house in the eastern Ukrainian village of Lazove. She puts the plastic jerrycans she is carrying on the floor. She keeps her overcoat on. It is almost as cold inside the house as in the street.

Towns and villages in the Donetsk region have seen heavy fighting and shifting front lines in recent months. Residents are now facing a new threat: a bitter winter without heating, electricity and running water. Most houses are empty, but those who have opted to stay make quick repairs to their damaged homes and burn wood in stoves to stay warm.

In the village of Korovyi Yar, only 80 people remain, compared to a pre-war population of 400.

Tatiana and her 10-year-old son are the only remaining occupants of a 40-flat residential building heavily damaged by shelling. She has covered the broken windows of empty flats with plastic, trying to keep her apartment warm. On a small firewood stove, she warms rainwater to wash their clothes.

While the region is famous for its rich forests, collecting firewood poses a serious challenge because mines and unexploded munitions threaten anyone who steps off paved roads. To help people stay warm, the International Committee of the Red Cross delivers quick repair material and dry fuel bricks across the region.

When the trucks arrive in Dibrova village, about two dozen people come to collect the fuel bricks. Among them is Maria Trofimovna, 82, who lives with her husband and son in a garage after their house was destroyed.


“We are alone on our street,” she says as the din of combat can be heard in the distance. “All the neighbours have left. … My son keeps telling me not to worry, that we will rebuild everything.”

Olga Andreevna, 70, a resident of Lazove, had to move out of her house because she is unable to keep it warm. Coming back to check on it, she finds her cat sitting on the porch, waiting to be let in.

“I moved here in the ’80s, and I spent every penny I earned to improve this house,” she said. “How could I have thought my old age would be like this?”

This photo essay is provided by the In


https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2022/12/23/after-heavy-combat-in-eastern-ukraine-residents-brace-for-cold?sf174015050=1

opamoses1:
This is in Donetsk People's Republic. I thought Putin said DPR was now part of Russia forever and residents of Donetsk also voted 96% to be part of Russia.

Anyway, we dey UK dey enjoy the winter and we haven't froze to death as the Putards wished.

rickpat:
I knew winter would be bloody for these guys...

meanwhile the west are buying gas from Russia to sustain their electricity and stay warm in this winter..WHAT A WORLD!!

obedience4:


If you were wise enough to read, you will know that the place in question are territories were Russian troops hold

rickpat:
I'm not wise enough.. Mr.wise if there we as no war..would those regions be held by Russian troops there by making them have electricity ish and heading those freezing to death....

for the records,you maggot..don't quote me if you can't he civil in your conversation...have a great holiday

opamoses1:
This is in Donetsk People's Republic. I thought Putin said DPR was now part of Russia forever and residents of Donetsk also voted 96% to be part of Russia.

Anyway, we dey UK dey enjoy the winter and we haven't froze to death as the Putards wished.

obedience4:


If you were wise enough to read, you will know that the place in question are territories were Russian troops hold

Biodun556:


The person responsible for her safety is Zelensky

joyandfaith:


And a fool took her picture to score political points. Why did Putin decide to invade a sovereign country? War has not solved any problem.

Biodun556:


A sovereign country must not be a menace to another sovereign country. Ukraine was becoming threat to Russia by joining NATO and EU. NATo promised Russia not to expand to eastern Europe but the agreement was broken

joyandfaith:

No nation can become a threat to a nuclear-armed nation like Russia. Do you know Russia is setting preconditions to invade Kazakhstan.? Because Kazakhstan is aligning with the west economically.
Due to Russia threat, Finland and Sweden are getting closer to join NATO. May Russia would invade them too.

obedience4:


If you were wise enough to read, you will know that the place in question are territories were Russian troops hold

Biodun556:

rickpat:
I knew winter would be bloody for these guys...

meanwhile the west are buying gas from Russia to sustain their electricity and stay warm in this winter..WHAT A WORLD!!

opamoses1:
This is in Donetsk People's Republic. I thought Putin said DPR was now part of Russia forever and residents of Donetsk also voted 96% to be part of Russia.

Anyway, we dey UK dey enjoy the winter and we haven't froze to death asu the Putards wished.

Biodun556:



Nuclear weapon doesn't guarantee victory for Russia if the enemy is very close to the territory


US blockade Cuba in 1962 when Soviet union was building missiles there. The blockade lasted till Soviet union dismantle the missiles in Cuba , a sovereign country

Appleyard:


So true...all at the detriment of the ordinary Ukrainian people whom they're using to fight their proxy war. Just recently, Poland and Germany have asked for more Russian oil to sustain their suffocating energy and economic problems. But Ukraine is bleeding and they keep pumping weapons into the country so it can get destroyed. I so much pity that old man. I hope this war will end soon.