As Russian missiles shatter the town of Avdiivka, Hanna is desperate to escape. But her elderly mother refuses to leave.
βI canβt leave her,β Hanna tells us over the phone. βShe said she wanted to sleep in her own bed. Sheβs 71 and has problems with her legs. If she stays alone, she canβt get water or wood for heating.β
Holed up precariously in a fifth floor flat, living under near constant bombardment and air strikes, theyβre among the last remaining residents of Avdiivka.
This strategically important and fiercely contested town lies right on the front line in eastern Ukraine.