‘We thought the worst was over’: Ukrainians flee latest Russian attack on border villages

Mykola and Nadiya at a centre for evacuees in Ukraine's eastern city of Kharkiv, after they fled the village of Lukyantsi amid intense Russian artillery strikes and a new ground attack on border areas. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlinbuilt the small settlement of Vilcha in its eastern Kharkiv region in the early 1990s, for residents of a village of the same name close to the Chernobyl atomic power plant that was evacuated after the world’s worst nuclear accident in 1986.

The Irish Times view on changing supports for Ukrainian refugees: Ireland of the not so many welcomes “On February 24th 2022, we woke up and found the village had been occupied by the Russians. We’re so near the border that it took them very little time to reach us,” he adds, referring to the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

“We had planted things for this year in out allotment, we had a dog and cats. We just had to set them free and go. Hopefully the soldiers will look after the dog,” she adds. “The Russians were firing and our side was firing at them. The only place you could be was down in the basement. It was terrible,” he says.

Sudden influxes of evacuees add to the strain for cities like Kharkiv, which has welcomed hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians displaced from occupied territory since Russia began its armed attacks on its neighbour a decade ago. When they arrive at the centre, which has taken over a school premises in Kharkiv, evacuees are offered essentials by a host of NGOs – food, water, clothes, medical and psychological help – and can register for financial assistance.

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