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The front is less than 20 kilometers from here.
The residents of Kramatorsk, in the north of the Donbas, face a difficult decision: to go or to stay?
11 rockets hit the city on Friday night, killing seven and injuring 14.
A rocket hit the street in front of Iryna's house.
Iryna, local resident
»We actually thought that when we built our house, we would live in it. And what now, how to retire? Almost no life lies ahead of us. Everything is destroyed. The windows are gone, the roof on one side is gone. When it rains, everything in the house gets wet. And what's next? We don't have the means to go away. Where shall we go? I'm old and sick, I need injections
."
2/3 of the population has now left the Ukrainian-controlled part of the Donetsk region, the Ukrainian government wants to evacuate as many people as possible before winter.
There is already no electricity, running water or gas there.
– The fear of cold and hunger in winter is great.
The evacuation is mandatory, whoever wants to stay has to sign this on a form.
Oleksandr does not want to leave his homeland with his three children
Oleksandr Boyev, resident
“We want to save what was not destroyed by them. Thank God there are different people who help us with building materials
.«
He now wants to rebuild his house and garage, which were destroyed in the Russian attacks, with the help of volunteers.
