Frail and elderly flee east Ukrainian city as Russians advance

Local residents board an evacuation train as they flee Russian troop advances in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, August 22, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

POKROVSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Mariia Moiseieva watched from her bed as a relative packed her belongings into plastic bags for the bedbound 94-year-old to be evacuated from the east Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk on Thursday.

The white-haired Moiseieva was then lifted out of her bed by two volunteers and carried out of her apartment and downstairs in a makeshift sling to a waiting van.