Ukraine war: Children of the Soviet era running from Russia
A veteran of the Soviet-Afghan war is among many older Ukrainians now seeking refuge abroad. …
“We were given our orders and we did our duty,” he tells me. The old soldier is standing in a long line at Lviv railway station waiting to be evacuated to Poland along with his daughter, daughter-in-law and four of his grandchildren. His son and an autistic grandson have had to stay behind in Mykolaiv, southern Ukraine.