While young Ukrainians have moved to safety, many older residents say they have no choice but to stay.
Rayisa Horislavets decided to stay in Serhiivka. "I can't afford to rent an apartment somewhere safer," she said
Today there are only about 300 residents left, and more are leaving as Russia renews its campaign to the east and south. "We only have simple shelters here but we have prepared them," said Valeriy Duhelnyy, 59, the head of the village and local territorial defence units. Duhelnyy is the equivalent of the village mayor, a position he has held since 2020.
Some simply do not have the money to move, or a place to go. "I'm a retiree and I don't have much, only a small pension," said Rayisa Horislavets, 66, who lives with her daughter in a small house in Serhiivka. The phone connection to her sister died about two weeks ago, Horislavets said. But the relationship had already deteriorated, after her sister began telling her that she thought the news about Russia's attacks on Ukraine was fake.Valeriy Duhelnyy, head of the village, sits on the monument to Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko
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