‘We were born here’ Frontline towns face grim choice
A Russian missile slammed into Valentina’s garden on a residential street in Kramatorsk at about 6pm on a warm August evening, landing among the squash and cabbages to the rear of the pensioner’s house, smashing windows, destroying the roof, scattering glass, tiles, bricks and rubble everywhere.
Valentina, 75, was sitting outside under a grapevine, just far enough from the blast to escape only with cuts and bruises. But while the wounds will heal, the trauma will linger.
“All my life I worked hard. Why? Why? What did I do?” Valentina cried as she surveyed the
