As Russia continues pressing its attacks into Ukraines northeastern Sumy region, a special police unit known as the White Angels faces an increasingly daunting mission: Rescuing the last civilian holdouts from villages under heavy fire and getting them to safer regions.
The Ukrainian unit must watch for first-person view drones, land mines, and incoming glide bombs as they bounce along dirt roads to find sometimes reluctant villagers and persuade them to accept a ride to a distant emergency shelter.
Current Times Andriy Kuzakov joined the White Angels as they rolled through the back roads of the Sumy region. At one at one, they were forced to hide out under the cover of trees as Russian attack drones stalked overhead.
Theres a first-person view drone, Kuzakov said. Police have come to a prearranged meeting point to pick people up for evacuation. A lot are flying. Meanwhile, we are hiding from them under the trees.
