With Russians On The Edge Of Town, A Scramble To Evacuate Civilians From Bakhmut
- By Serhiy Horbatenko and
- Will Tizard
Using all their powers of persuasion, Ukrainian volunteers try to win over residents of Bakhmut, a city on the eastern front of the war with Russia, so they can take them to safer places to the west. But many refuse to leave their homes despite freezing temperatures, a lack of power or running water, and Russian forces closing in.