"The streets were filled with dead bodies of people. 5 neighbours from my house remained under the debris. The shelling did not stop for a minute. I had a gorgeous library, so my flat burned longer than others. People fled the city and abandoned their animals. It was a real apocalypse," Tetiana Popovska recalls. Experienced stress affected health. Some familiar women died after leaving Bakhmut.
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