These Ukrainian villagers live in Cold War nuclear bunkers — and plan to stay

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Since Russia invaded Ukraine, there are only 50 residents left in the southern village of Luch. And most of them are living together in Cold War-era Soviet bunkers.

Luch was home to 935 people before the war, the outlet reported. The bunkers were initially a place for residents to seek refuge at night during heavy shelling at the start of the war.

The bunker, built in the 1950s to protect Soviet soldiers against a nuclear war with the West, used to have heavy metal doors, bunk beds and gas masks, but they had been stolen long before the Russian invasion last spring — no one thought the shelter would ever need to be used.In the early months of the war, because of its hilly terrain, Luch was a strategic location for Ukrainian troops.

While the residents of Luch managed to outlast the occupation in the region, their village was ravaged. With nowhere to go, Gynzhul said, they decided to turn their temporary bomb shelter into a home. It’s a way, she said, to take care of the few remaining neighbors she has. She moved into the shelter permanently with her husband and son in August after her apartment was bombed.

“Because we built this building here, we can live like normal people. It hurt me to see how everything got destroyed,” Gynzhul said.

 

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Putin dares to press the nuclear button to the US and Nato? If you dare to shoot, then shoot, why do you keep threatening?

Can you imagine having Putin for a neighbor? He’s a crotchety guy makes up stories. Take a break from power and delusion. Shake hands. We’re all people living our lives. Not yours. Let us be, thank you. You’re not us…we’ve proven that…with help.

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This proves that they’d rather be part of Russia

This is going great! Quick, send more US weapons!!! Before they run out of Ukrainians to shoot them 🤦🏽‍♂️

Send them jets.

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