War has exacted a heavy price for some survivors.īunker resident Iryna Sichkar said her son was captured early in the war in Mariupol. Rugs on the floor and colorful blankets pinned to the walls add comforting touches. A wood stove heats the two-room bunker, furnished with a double bed and three single beds lined side-by-side.Ī generator allows them to pump water. Gynzhul and the others in her bunker live off humanitarian aid and her 4,000 hryvnia ($109) per month salary from her administrative job in the village.Īfter the Russians retreated, the bunker's residents found an electrician to connect it to power lines. Up to 30 of them live underground in Luch's two nuclear shelters and a basement. The village, population 935 before the invasion, is now home to around 50 people.
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