‘Luxury’ Underground Residence in Kharkiv
Until now, missiles and artillery targeting Kharkiv are launched almost every day. Some residents have fled the city. It is understandable that the underground station offers a “luxury” for some people.
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Residents are forced to live in a subway (metro) station in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday (6/7/2022). They fled from their homes to underground stations because they felt insecure about the situation in Kharkiv, which was attacked by missiles and artillery almost every day. Others were forced to flee because their homes had been destroyed by the bombing.
Stretching out his legs, Vasiliy (49) sipped cold soup from a plastic bowl, and then devoured a slice of whole wheat bread. With only a thin sleeping bag between his back and the cold floor of the station, the man with white hair watched passersby about to board the train.
Vasiliy is living in an underground metro station in Kharkiv, Ukraine. He only had some clothes, bedding, food and important documents. “I have lived in this station for two weeks. Two weeks before that, I slept at another metro station,” he said when we met him on Wednesday afternoon (6/7/2022).