POPASNA, Ukraine — On a bench in the center of this war-wrecked town, Galina and Sergei, two elderly pensioners, soak up the warmth of the sun on an otherwise chilly autumn day as they tell stories of the hardships they’ve endured over the past 18 months.
Around them are buildings with shattered windows and blown-apart rooftops, painful reminders of the time not so long ago that rockets and artillery shells bombarded this town. Months later, they are yet to be replaced and patched.
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Source: Mashable
