This story is wild: Lidia Stepanivna Lomikovska, 98 years old, just walked for six days in her slippers to escape the Russians. By herself.

"I had to go through this war too, and in the end, I am left with nothing,” she said. “That war wasn’t like this one. I saw that war. Not a single house burned down. But now, everything is on fire."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/30/ukrainian-woman-98-walks-six-miles-alone-to-escape-russian-held-territory

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Ukrainian woman, 98, walks six miles alone to escape Russian-held territory

Lidia Stepanivna Lomikovska reunited with family days after fleeing frontline town in her slippers and using a cane

^{Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)}