Everyone who lives in the"grey area" in Donbass has their own history of survival in the war. I had to pick up my parents from Cherkasy Oblast six months ago. They need constant care. I'm their only daughter, and they can't take care of themselves any more. My father and mother have bad joints. They need surgery, but they can't afford it.
Residents of our village and surrounding villages have no jobs now. We can't cultivate the fields – they are mined. Five houses in the village were destroyed and 80 houses were damaged.
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