Few folks stay in Avdiivka, a city on Ukraine’s entrance line that’s bombed relentlessly by Russia.
Its pre-war inhabitants was greater than 30,000. Now, there are simply over 1,000 left. Many have fled and plenty of have been killed.
Amid the thud of explosions and rattle of gunfire, a particular police unit known as the White Angels goes door-to-door serving to to evacuate the city’s remaining civilians.
Footage the unit has shared with the BBC exhibits the determined circumstances these remaining should endure, and the way arduous it’s to depart below fixed bombardment.
The officers must attempt to persuade folks to get out, however some refuse – they are saying they’ve nowhere else to go.
The BBC’s Abdujalil Abdurasulov has been analyzing the footage.