DONETSK, Ukraine — The blasts were so powerful they nearly knocked Antonina Sumina off her feet and shattered windows on the opposite side of the apartment.
But after five months living under fire, the Grad rocket strike that slammed into the courtyard of her home in Pervomaisk, 80 kilometres north-east of Donetsk, was a familiar event.
Vasily Maximov/AFP/Getty ImagesWorkers decorate a Christmas tree at the main square in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Dec. 15, 2014.
“It was just a massive boom, the windows cracked, and we threw ourselves on the floor. We know what to do,” the 53-year-old says, looking …read more
Source: National Post
