BBCNEWS Newsday February 7, 2022 01:18:00
This entire village is a casualty of the conflict. most of the houses are abandoned. most of the people are long gone. it's extraordinary that anyone still lives here. the handful who remain are pretty much cut off. viktor is glad to have a visitor to his home on the first of may street. he's one of the last five villagers, sticking it out despite the separatist rebels, whose positions are two miles beyond the tree line. his wife, ira, who's 59, like him, says they are too old to move, and loneliness is the greatest battle. "i miss the old days", she says. "there were so many people. "now ther...