2 weeks ago
- Lidia Stepanivna Lomikovska, a 98-year-old female from Ukraine, escaped Russian-occupied territory by stepping astir 6 miles alone.
- She became separated from her family during nan chaotic departure from nan front-line municipality of Ocheretyne successful nan Donetsk region.
- Ukrainian soldiers spotted her stepping on nan roadworthy and guided her to a constabulary group that evacuates citizens surviving connected nan beforehand line.
A 98-year-old female in Ukraine who escaped Russian-occupied territory by stepping almost 6 miles alone, wearing a brace of slippers and supported by a cane has been reunited pinch her family days aft they were separated while fleeing to safety.
Lidia Stepanivna Lomikovska and her family decided to time off nan front-line municipality of Ocheretyne, successful nan eastbound Donetsk region, past week aft Russian troops entered it and fighting intensified.
Russians person been advancing successful nan area, pounding Kyiv's depleted, ammunition-deprived forces pinch artillery, drones and bombs.
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"I woke up surrounded by shooting each astir — truthful scary," Lomikovska said successful a video question and reply posted by nan National Police of Donetsk region.
98-year-old Lidia Lomikovska sits successful a shelter aft she escaped Russian-occupied territory successful nan Donetsk region, Ukraine, connected April 26, 2024. Lomikovska near nan municipality of Ocheretyne past week by stepping almost 6 miles alone, aft Russian troops entered it and fighting intensified. (Ukrainian National Police of Donetsk region via AP)
In nan chaos of nan departure, Lomikovska became separated from her boy and 2 daughters-in-law, including one, Olha Lomikovska, injured by shrapnel days earlier. The younger family members took to backmost routes, but Lydia wanted to enactment connected nan main road.
With a cane successful 1 manus and steadying herself utilizing a splintered portion of wood successful nan other, she walked each time without nutrient and h2o to scope Ukrainian lines.
Describing her journey, nan nonagenarian said she had fallen doubly and was forced to extremity to remainder astatine immoderate points, moreover sleeping on nan measurement earlier waking up and continuing her journey.
"Once I mislaid equilibrium and fell into weeds. I fell dormant … a little, and continued walking. And then, for nan 2nd time, again, I fell. But past I sewage up and thought to myself: "I request to support walking, spot by bit,’" Lomikovska said.
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Pavlo Diachenko, acting spokesperson for nan National Police of Ukraine successful nan Donetsk region, said Lomikovska was saved erstwhile Ukrainian soldiers spotted her stepping on nan roadworthy successful nan evening. They handed her complete to nan "White Angels," a constabulary group that evacuates citizens surviving connected nan beforehand line, who past took her to a shelter for evacuees and contacted her relatives.
"I survived that war,’ she said referring to World War II. "I had to spell done this warfare too, and successful nan end, I americium near pinch nothing.
"That warfare wasn’t for illustration this one. I saw that war. Not a azygous location burned down. But now – everything is connected fire," she said to her rescuer.
In nan latest twist to nan story, nan main executive of 1 of Ukraine’s largest banks announced connected his Telegram transmission Tuesday that nan slope would acquisition a location for nan pensioner.
"Monobank will bargain Lydia Stepanivna a location and she will surely unrecorded successful it until nan infinitesimal erstwhile this abomination disappears from our land," Oleh Horokhovskyi said.
