A woman lives alone in a Donetsk town – level 1

A woman lives alone in a Donetsk town

03-07-2025 07:00

Galina Nevinnaya lives alone in Maryinka, a town in Ukraine. The town is in a war in 2022. Galina leaves in 2022 after bombs hurt her. She is in a basement. She cannot move. Soldiers save her.

Now, Galina is back. She is the only person there. Before, 10,000 people live in the town. Now. It is empty. Galina’s mother dies in 2022. Galina works on her house. She must repair it. She gets water from a well. She finds food herself. People ask why she comes back. She says, ‘He who lives in his own home lives well.’

In 2023, Russia says it controls the town. Many countries say that this is not okay.

Difficult words: basement (the room under a house), repair (to make something work or okay again), well (a deep hole for water).

You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.

Why does Galina return to the abandoned town of Maryinka despite its dangers and empty streets?

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