One family took shelter from a Russian drone in a shed, while an elderly woman managed to leave her apartment before it was destroyed by a shell.
Police continue to evacuate people from Druzhkivka, which is under daily attack. New evacuees bring new stories of survival.
A young couple is leaving with their father, who has limited mobility and has survived several heart attacks, and their cat. “We’ve had enough,” the family says. The day before the evacuation, an enemy drone struck their garden, knocking down trees. No one was hurt—they managed to run into the shed.
Ms. Valentina is 69 years old; after two strokes, she can barely walk. She moved from her ninth-floor apartment to her son’s house, as he had left the city earlier. This saved her life when the Russians destroyed her apartment. But drones are hunting people around the clock.
“I used to walk with a walker, but I stopped using it because it rattles—I can’t hear the drones,” says Ms. Valentina.
Based on materials from the Main Directorate of the National Police in Donetsk Oblast