{"id":410773,"date":"2019-07-19T19:00:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/hazards-crossing-front-line\/"},"modified":"2019-07-19T19:00:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T16:00:26","slug":"hazards-crossing-front-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/hazards-crossing-front-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Hazards of Crossing the Front Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/petgRFkAKLU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>Nearly one million Ukrainians cross the border from the eastern region occupied by Russian-led forces into government-controlled territory each month.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a difficult, gruelling and dangerous journey. There&#8217;s always a risk of being caught in the crossfire or stepping on a mine.<\/p>\n<p>Vera Maslova, 76, travels to see her relatives. She said shelling has only intensified since Volodymyr Zelensky became president.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We hope (for the better). And we have always had hope, and still hope. But no one knows if it is going to work out,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky has previously said he will do everything in his power, except making territorial concessions, in order to bring an end to the fighting between Russian-led forces and government troops in Donbas.<\/p>\n<p>Some residents spend hours crossing into the government-controlled territory to visit family or to collect their pension.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, on this site, I wouldn&#8217;t complain in general, it is fast in most cases. But on the militant side, it takes two-three hours to wait. We stay there for four hours sometimes. Today it was fine. Just one hour and a half,&#8221; pensioner Boris Karlov said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I was here in March, the queue was just huge. It was a bit easier here, but on the other side I was waiting for some four hours, so many people were there. Today it is fine. It&#8217;s great today,&#8221; Viktor, a Luhansk pensioner said.<\/p>\n<p>For pensioners, it&#8217;s a particularly hard task with some fainting after hours of standing and little nourishment. According to data obtained by RFE\/RL from the UN, so far at least 29 civilians have died this year while making the journey.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The average daily flow of people (through checkpoints on a contact line) is between 35,000 to 45,000 people. It depends on a weekday and dates of social payments, which are in the beginning and in the end of the month. In total, more than a quarter of a million people crossed the contact line in one week,&#8221; Deputy Commander of Ukrainian border guard service Oleh Lychkovsky said.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian government and international organizations have sought to improve conditions by providing tents and toilets. 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