48 hours earlier, she was pictured in a ukrainian military video just walking out of mariupol, cheerfully across a bridge. now, via the u.n. and red cross, talks in moscow and kyiv and countless russian checkpoints, she is here. worried she cannot fend for herself as a wound to her leg isn t healing because of her diabetes. the head torch that was her only source of light still around her neck. her toilet roll in her pocket.
mariupol. cheerfully across a bridge. now, red cross talks in moscow and kyiv and countless russian check points. she is here. worried she cannot fend for herself as a wound to her leg isn t healing. because of her diabetes. the head torch that was her only source of light still around her neck. toilet roll in her pocket. also coming off the bus, another familiar face.
mariupol, bringing with them stories of the circle of hell they lived in underground for weeks. this is olga. after two months in the dark, she struggles in sunlight still. i ask if she can see okay. bad, she says, i can t see anything in the sun. aged 78 and she keeps saying, completely alone, her entire life is in these two bags. 48 hours earlier, she was pictured in a ukrainian military video just walking out of mariupol cheerfully across the bridge. now, via the u.n. and red cross, talks in moscow and kyiv and countless russian checkpoints, she is here. worried she cannot fend for herself as a wound to her leg isn t healing because of her diabetes. the head torch that was her only source of light still around her