Ukrainians eke out living in bombed-out village in Russian military's shadow


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  • Wednesday, 22 Dec 2021

A local resident Maryna Serheyeva, 47, is seen near her house near the front line in the village of Zaitseve, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine December 16, 2021. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

ZAITSEVE, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainians eking out a precarious existence in the shadow of a possible Russian invasion have got used to not knowing if they will survive from one day to the next.

Their village of Zaitseve lies, half-abandoned, a kilometre (less than a mile) from the front line that separates Ukrainian forces from Russian-backed separatists, many of its homes damaged during more than seven years of on-off conflict.

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