People were hunted with drones, isolated and starved, and their homes were flooded when the Russians blew up the Kakhovka dam. Throughout all these years, they watched their neighbors and relatives die before their eyes.

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Russian propaganda portrays this evacuation as a display of the Russians’ lofty humanism. But it is nothing but cynicism.

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The evacuation of people from Oleshky has finished. Buses with people are finally in Ukraine. And I cannot stop thinking that just five years ago, these people lived peaceful lives, raised their children, tended their gardens, and were happy. Then Russian soldiers came to their land.  

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A young woman clutches at her heart as the bus comes to a stop. Two sisters cry and hug their dad. A wife slips his wedding ring onto his finger, the ring she had carried with her all this time. “We wanted Ukraine to return to Oleshky, not for Oleshky to leave,” say those who have returned.

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People came out with flags and stood for hours in the rain along the road, just to wave at the passing buses. At the meeting point, water and food were set up for pets.

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