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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed May 1, 2024, 02:32 PM May 1

A 98-year-old in Ukraine walked miles to safety from Russians, with slippers and a cane

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A 98-year-old woman in Ukraine who escaped Russian-occupied territory by walking almost 10 kilometers (6 miles) alone, wearing a pair of slippers and supported by a cane has been reunited with her family days after they were separated while fleeing to safety.

Lidia Stepanivna Lomikovska and her family decided to leave the front-line town of Ocheretyne, in the eastern Donetsk region, last week after Russian troops entered it and fighting intensified.

Russians have been advancing in the area, pounding Kyiv’s depleted, ammunition-deprived forces with artillery, drones and bombs.

“I woke up surrounded by shooting all around — so scary,” Lomikovska said in a video interview posted by the National Police of Donetsk region.

https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-nonagenarian-ocheretyne-walk-shelling-slippers-a9e8cc4576433f90b175bb56d6c9fe2a

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" ... pounding Kyiv's depleted, ammunition-deprived forces ..." Botany May 1 #1

Botany

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1. " ... pounding Kyiv's depleted, ammunition-deprived forces ..."
Wed May 1, 2024, 02:36 PM
May 1

Thanks to the Republicans in Congress. They have no shame.

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