Svitlodarsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Wheeling suitcases and hauling bags, residents of Svitlodarsk peered into a bus departing from this heavily shelled east Ukrainian town. "Is there still room?" one woman asked, anxious to send her teenage son to safety.The town, controlled by Ukrainian government authorities, has been under rocket fire day and night, said residents, desperate to get their children away from the frontline as pro-Russian separatists push a new offensive."Everyone who wants to leave will be able to!" a Ukrainian soldier accompanying the bus told the waiting crowd.Some were in tears, convinced that not securing a seat on the bus would condemn them to mortal danger in a town almost encircled by separatist forces."They promised us we would be able to leave, but now they say there is no more room," one woman, Olena Lifikova said, crying.Lifikova, 42, had already fled once this summer, leaving with her three-year-old diabetic daughter from Debaltseve, a town about 10 kilometres (six miles) away.
Ukrainians Flee Frontline Town Under Daily Crossfire
Laetitia Peron, Business Insider
Thu, 01/29/2015 - 12:27pm
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