Ukraine war: 98-year-old Ukrainian says she walked miles alone through Russian territory | BBC News
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- čas přidán 30. 04. 2024
- A 98-year-old Ukrainian woman has said she walked six miles (10km) under shelling, supporting herself with sticks and sleeping on the ground.
The woman, identified as Lidia Stepanivna, left a rural settlement in Donetsk, Eastern Ukraine, which is now occupied by Russia - she was trying to reach areas controlled by Kyiv.
She said she had walked without food or water and fell several times, in a video posted by Ukraine's police on social media.
In a statement, Ukraine's interior ministry said that the woman was discovered by Ukraine's military and then was taken to a shelter for evacuees by police.
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People from that generation build different. Huge respect to that lady, bless her and hope she lives even more.
"were built differently"..They also understood english grammar
@@briancarno8837 You messing up the Ukraine propaganda lol.
@@Blueprint4Murder english is probobaly not their first language..so we shouldnt be too hard
The old Ukrainan lady advanced quicker than the Russian army 🤣
True Kkkkkkkkkk @@NOT.MI5.MI6.
Remember when you were sick and felt terrible? This person managed through all these incredible conditions and walked away. Amazing ❤❤
Putin is a despicable coward compared to this brave old woman
remember when Jesus Christ was beaten and tortured and nailed to the cross? amazing
@@JohnnyMacawI just found out a certain group People s3t him up
Why are Jesus lovers friends with Jesus haters???
@@JohnnyMacaw there's always that one...and you're it.
...fake news, this woman was on Casualty a few years ago!!!
a 98 year old walking 6 miles in her slippers having fallen down twice one tough old girl
Bless her. What a traumatic journey 😍 so happy to hear she is safe
yeah I felt so bad for her! hope she has rest of her life in peace!
well, judging by her appearance, grandma doesn't even know she's alive...hmmm, does this make me evil
It was a cake walk for her
Shells probably bumped off her iron will.
What a badass
When the last world war broke off, she was 13.
This is a most remarkable story!! May The Lord bless her and keep her safe.
98 years old, those are some powerful genes, god bless her
Soo horrible I could not imagine this happening to my grandmother so sad😢
She is an old woman and won't harm anyone. Let her pass in peace.
U are very right buddy... Unfortunately, it's because she can't and won't harm anyone that a bully like Putin wouldn't let pass. But he underestimated Ukraine and its citizens. This woman is another living proof💪🇺🇦
Yeah, like that’s how war works
Poor thing 😮. Glad she’s safe 🙏🏾
War sucks...
Putin's war sucks. Russian aggression and expansionism both suck.
@@karlwedin5979 you misspelled NATO
@@newworlddisorder776 like that matters Putlers best recruitment guy Nato has lol 😂
@@newworlddisorder776 Putin is the one who invaded..
@@karlwedin5979it's not his war, it's the population's war. He alone isn't bombing the cities.
It's not "Russian territory", it's the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine by Russian forces.
No crimea is Russia...
Аха ха ха . Так приди и забери . 🤣🤣🤣 .
@@Time.Is.Fake. She didn't walk through Crimea.
@@user-dv1rg7oq5r Try and get the rest of the Donbass. Oh wait, you can't. How pathetic. Even without US aid since last October, Russia still can't advance more than a few km.
@@Time.Is.Fake.temporarily
That is courage! God bless her!
Putin and his ego, imo, is the sole reason for this devastation. This beautiful woman is so brave and determined. True courage!
Is the Gorlovka Madonna and hundreds of people locked in a building and burned alive by ukrainians on May 2, 2014 in Odesa also Putin's ego?
@@Zelensky_Huilo Lol. Kremlin Pravda
@@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304 I'm ukrainian. And you are acting on behalf of western tyranny.
@@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304 Just Google for 2 May, 2014, when ukrainians after the coup held their statanistic ritual. And it's still going on.
Putin has every right to defend his country and his people
Legend
BC she is russian 😂
What do you do when life gives you bs? You walk on. You maintain. You abide. God Bless 🙏
Reminds me of my great aunt who did the same thing in the 1930s walking from Russia to Ukraine SSR
never understimate the babushka
All hail the babushka!!
most brave, Madam.
What a beautiful grandma ❤ heart breaking story ❤️
благослови її, Господи
Awwwwww❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Continue to Bless and Protect her Lord
Wonderful story BBC.
They must have seen her and thought they were seeing a real Babayaga and feared the curse and left her alone. I am so glad she is safe. Such an amazing story. Thank you.
Baba Yaga😂
God bless her
This tells us how life is sweet even 90 years cherish life 😊
bless this woman
She's in heaven now 🕊🕊
What an amazing Grandma, God bless her! ❤❤❤
I have great pain to me about situation of Ukraine and I am praying everyday with tears.
Well praying won’t work will it? Or why don’t these gods stop war?
Because humans like you are too hardheaded & hard-hearted.
Let's continue to pray never give up!!
Hard as nails
I believe even if the Russian soldiers had seen her they would jus let her go. They are also human beings. No soldier in his sane state would harm such an old granny
Ze lijkt wel 400 jaar oud. Wel fijn dat ze het overleefd heeft.
she is Caucasian, after all... you cannot ask for too much!
Inspiring story.
Braver and more will to survive than most people it seems
She was a kid during Holodomor and a teenager during WWII, wow!
My neighbor also. He is 97 and still drives a tractor and he said he feels like 18. He told me about the war here in the Ardennes.
there is a video were a russian drone spotted her
This is a disgrace! SHAME!
What a tough and brave lady. Glad your family was located. Hopefully, the promise for a new home becomes a reality. Blessings to her, her family and the soldiers who helped her.
god bless her!!
so sad grandma ,the world is nusty the almight will continue to see you through you are marvelous
Oh my God she walked 6 miles
I don’t believe it
Beyond imagination. Such perseverance and determination. Much respect and admiration
She remembers Stalin's Holodomor
Wow. A good story🙏♥️😃🥰🙋Love to her from the USA. 🙋 Charlotte and Roz are in Oregon and California. Roz is my sister.
I know people in their twenties and thirties who wouldn't be able to walk ten miles!
We cant even get Trump supporters to watch the border and this woman can walk 10km in a war.
Let that sink in people.
And Biden Supporter
Why would trump supporters be watching the border?
It was Joe Biden who shut down border wall construction. Nearly 7 million have entered the US illegally since he took office, more than the population of 36 states. Enough illegal fentanyl has crossed over to kill every American man, woman, and child. Kamala Harris, appointed to take charge, has done nothing. Let that sink in, my far-left friend.
OP is just showing its Trump Derangement Syndrome as usual.
Not tsi Ukraine will bow to their conquer
I wouldnt want to live under orc occupation either
Ukraine doesn't belong to West, it's historical Russian lands Ukraine has almost same ethnicity, language,culture and etc they're closer to Russians, it's like Scotland is fighting against UK, if anyone is going to get Ukraine then it has to be Russia
@@itz_redgi9624 Over 90% doesn't want anything to do with Russia, most want to be part of the EU. Some derailed tyrant hiding in his bunker cannot decide for others what to do.
@@itz_redgi9624Ukraine is historically ukrainian lands it doesn’t belong to russia you are not from Ukraine never mind Europe so stop talking about a war you clearly don’t know much about from the comfort of your home while family’s are bombed
@@notanopp5053 "Ukraine is historically Ukrainian lands" by that i already can understand that you're the one who doesn't know history, tell me when did Ukraine exist except for 1917 ? Second i know the reasons that war started but the sure is that Ukraine doesn't belong to the West, USA put it's nose everywhere
@@itz_redgi9624 By that logic then various African countries are historically British lands. Should Britain re-invade a load of African countries? Should Portugal invade Brazil? Should Spain invade Argentina & Chile? Your logis is dumb AF.
This war is an absolute hell, international community have to work to end it !!!
God Bless her
And we often fall in despair for little things. We all have much and also nothing to loose in life. But, what will we ever get with us to the grave ?
are you buddhist
War is a tragedy and oft times an irony. It brings out the worst in people, and some times the best in people. God bless Oma.
Thanks for sharing BBC.
Slava Ukraine!
Wow god bless her
Truly amazing! What an amazing story.
What an incredible woman. It chokes me up a bit.
Also, Olga is a wonderful reporter. Her smile fills me with hope.
British comedy is well and alive on this channel
Remarkable lady - truly an inspiration. God bless you !
❤❤❤❤❤
My late aunt Toni would have been the same age as her. I could see her or our mom doing the same journey. They had no quit in them having survived ww2 as well.
Routing for her. Amazing story.
I'm happy she found her family, bless her and her loved ones. Strong woman ❤
BBC... Where same old women in Gaza?
Inside a tunnel, holding a grenade in silence because we all know how women are treated over there.
bullshit
Great 👍👍👍 she's a very pure heart lady and the good Lord see her though 😂 💚
Very sad times war should not be at all in This day and age😢
bless her
Poor woman... :/
Remarkable, indeed. Sad, though. My god, we can not look away from the perils of war for any one young or old or in between!
Is that streganonna?
Very focused lady
She's 98! Who's going to stop her!?
Made me cry that someone felt such compassion and bought her a house. I hope the rest of her life is beautiful.
That old lady is hardcore.
She must have been moved to East when German came in1942 thn West and now further West
Hard as nails - icon!
Great Ukrainian grandma showed her resilience, perseverance and indomitable courage. Super amazing grandma. God bless her. 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Sorry for her and for those who are in Ghaza
😢😢😢😢
Shame to the world
absolutely
Her family left her there.
Славна людина. Вона знає, що таке московський фашизм.
Wow, what a woman!
I hope this war should be End this is heart burn 😢
💔
Amazing story. Maybe someone will make it into a film.
God was with her every day and night 🙏...
Look where humanity brought us now this war needs end soon think of elderly that didnt make it she was determined to live😢😢
She won't survive that walk in Gaza 🤔 says alot how the Russians conduct this war respect 🫡
An utterly stupid statement!
@@OptimisticHominid why don't you go take stroll in Gaza then 🙄 mr stupid 😅🤣😂
@@OptimisticHominid why not use your common sense to figure out the maths that's if you have any thou cos common sense is not actually common 🤣
Well, if an old woman says it then it must be true 🤷♂️
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
We hope she'll reach a 100 years old what a great stories it's so TRUELY tearjerker so much stories &.she's survival in ww1-or ww2?THIS.PRECIOUS stories that we'll not be forgotten AMAZINGLY beautiful we pray for you mommy lidia can you imagine my name is Lydia tnx Greatful Grandma amazing story tnx UKRAINE Amen GOD TO BE THE GLORY TO ALL MAY GOD PROTECT OUR TROOPS AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL VOTES BLUE ❤❤❤❤❤
Thats kier starmer bruv. I see u
be she well......and cautious
I'm very happy to know that she is ok 🇧🇷✌🏽
God will lead the way to safety 🙏🏾
With proper healthcare I do not doubt she could live even 110 seeing how she managed to come this far as a simple village native.
It's a very kind gesture to buy the women a home and I have the upmost respect for what she has achieved, however there are millions of Ukrainians in the exact same boat as her, why does she deserve help anymore than anyone else
Looks like she has seen some messed up stuff along the way
How fake you want this to be?
BBC: Yes
Ukrainian here: This is real, not ' fake '. Please, do not show your negative attitude toward Ukraine !
@@user-yr1xj9wk4iKhokhol love❤😂
@@user-yr1xj9wk4iHow is free money in germany for you Khokhol? Back in the ,,Reich" for Khokhol? Refugee Khokhol?😂❤
How ignorant you want your comment to be?
You: Yes
Yeah,sure.
😢😢😢... so painful...May God give victory to the Ukrainians and the freedom loving world. Poor people, elderly who are to live out their lives in peace cut short in agony and early death. Poor children going through traumatic past, and poor men cut short in their prime living more futuristic women fatherless and husband less. 😢😢 . WHAT A WICKED WORLD CAUSED BY PUTIN AND RUSSIANS.
No. This wicked world is caused by wicked humans. Putin is only one iteration.
I do hope this tough and dear woman 💙💛 gets a new house, but Ukraine has to win to make that happen. 🤞
Russia's economy is so driven by war in Ukraine, the nation can't afford to either win or lose.
It can't afford to rebuild and secure Ukraine.
Today it's estimated at $1 trillion, rising by $10 billion every month.
So sad...war doesn't just destroy lives, it tears at the fabric of culture.😔
Слава Україні!
🇺🇸 🇺🇦
ok
where are her Ukrainian children and grandchildren? Did they leave her to receive benefits in Europe?
In Ukrainian hospital as they said in the video, they ended up there because of Russian shelling.
Beautiful ❤