Ukraine War

Avdiivka, eastern Ukraine, Nov. 2017.

Albina Mykhailovna, 78, in front of her house, listens to the sound of artillery and small arms fire in the distance.

It is situated in a frontline area and has been badly damaged by rocket and artillery attacks from Russian-led forces. The roof now leaks constantly, the windows have been smashed and the walls cracked.

She hears the 'whistles of the bullets' when out in her garden and has suffered a drastic loss in weight due to stress, but refuses to leave.

Only 5-8 families remain living in her street and almost all the houses have been damaged from shelling.

She has lived in this street, on the outskirts of Avdiivka all her life.