The Ukrainian mining town of Pokrovsk, once home to 80,000, is steadily emptying out and shutting down as the Russians close in.
A little more than a year ago, Pokrovsk was coming back to life after an exodus in the first months of the war. Thousands of residents were returning to a city that once again felt relatively safe, with the fighting many miles to the east. A gleaming new mall opened, and children filled the parks.
The playgrounds are now empty. The mall is shut down, considered a potential target of Russian shelling. Trucks carrying antitank defenses and armored vehicles travel the road into Pokrovsk; cars loaded with possessions travel out. Retirees line up for food and other handouts in the city center. Officials say 30,000 people remain, and several hundred leave each day.
âI tell my parishioners: If you have the chance to leave, leave,â said an Orthodox priest, who has seen half his congregation leave. âThen I tell them to go with God.â
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