Mere Miles from Russian Positions, Ukrainians in Donbas Grapple With Staying or Fleeing

Compared to previous strikes against larger population centers, missile strikes hit Sloviansk in only small numbers, lulling the city’s civilian population into a false sense of security. 

A fragment of a Tochka-U missile following an attack at the railway station in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, April 8, 2022. AP/Andriy Andriyenko, file

SLOVIANSK, Ukraine — As Russia’s war machine falters around Kharkiv, Moscow’s troops push deeper into Ukraine’s Luhansk and Donetsk Oblast regions, prompting the families and individuals that remain to ask themselves: Should I stay — or should I flee?

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