IN PICTURES. Ukrainians are hiding in the besieged city of Pokrovsk, while the Russians are getting closer: “Where should I go?”

As Russian troops conquer village after village and advance ever closer, many Ukrainian civilians in the besieged city of Pokrovsk remain in their homes and apartments. Numb, they huddle together in dark rooms, sheltering themselves from the advancing Russians. Some stubbornly refuse to evacuate. Others see no alternative. A bitterly cold look into the Ukrainian town that turned out to be strategically important during the war.

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