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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
A 98-year-old woman who escaped Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine by using a cane to walk six miles in a pair of slippers has been reunited with her family, days after they were separated while escaping to safety.
Lidia Stepanivna Lomikovska and her family decided to leave the frontline town of Ocheretyne, in the eastern Donetsk region, after Russian troops entered it last week and fighting intensified.
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