88-year-old man flees from Russian-occupied settlement in Donetsk Oblast on his own

Mr Ivan, an 88-year-old resident of the village of Ocheretyne, Donetsk Oblast, has managed to get out of the occupation on his own. The Russians took away his Ukrainian-issued passport in order to replace it with a Russian one. Source: Vadym Filashkin, Head of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration

Details: Filashkin said that volunteers met the old man on Ukrainian territory and helped him reach the town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast.

"Mr Ivan was walking to a crossing all night. Since there were attacks, he had to wait it out. And then he kept going.

He only had his pension certificate and a backpack with his belongings. The occupiers took away his and his neighbours' Ukrainian passports," Filashkin said. Mr Ivan is being evacuated to a temporary shelter in the city of Dnipro.

Later, he will be transferred to one of the social protection institutions, where he will be provided with housing and necessary assistance. "Mr Ivan's story is impressive. This is an example of civic position and love for the Motherland," said Filashkin.

Background: A family with two children was evacuated from the town of Hola Prystan in the temporarily occupied part of Kherson Oblast.

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