Before the war, Bakhmut was home to about 70,000 people but officials say only a few thousand residents remain as they work to evacuate families.
abc.net.au/news/ukrainian-police-rescue-girl-from-bakhmut-ukraine/101920934A six-year-old girl has been rescued by Ukrainian police from the besieged eastern city of Bakhmut after becoming separated from her mother.
Arina was found living with her grandparents in a run-down apartment building in Bakhmut, which has been pummelled by Russian forces in heavy fighting.After trudging through snow to reach Arina — with artillery fire echoing in the distance — policeman Pavlo Dyachenko and two colleagues in combat gear drove her to Sloviansk to be reunited with her mother Halyna Danylchenko.
"We're meeting the families that are still there and talk to them, trying to convince them to agree to be evacuated, either the whole family or the children," he said.He had to gently coax Arina into leaving Bakhmut, calmly explaining the dangers of remaining. A policeman persuaded Olha and Arina to evacuate and are working to move more people on from the city."No", she replied, and started to cry.
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