Using pillows against bombs, older Ukrainians stay put amid war-zone exodus


  • World
  • Thursday, 17 Mar 2022

LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - When Russian jets roared low over her town and the bombing grew unbearable, Liudmila Kravtsova packed a small bag and fled by train to safer western Ukraine.

The carriage was packed with women and children. But men of fighting age, who remained behind to halt the Russian advance, were largely absent. So was another segment of Ukrainian society.

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