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A local resident pushes his bicycle down a street in Bakhmut, Ukraine in January. Despite heavy shelling, some civilians continue to live in the city. Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A local resident pushes his bicycle down a street in Bakhmut, Ukraine in January. Despite heavy shelling, some civilians continue to live in the city.
Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty ImagesA group of volunteers is braving artillery barrages to evacuate residents from towns and cities in Ukraine's Donbas region, including Bakhmut, the epicenter of fighting in the eastern part of the country.
NPR's Frank Langfitt speaks with two rescuers, Kuba Stasiak, 29, a former journalist from Poland, and Andre West, 22, from Germany, who document their rescues on Instagram
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This episode was produced by Connor Donevan and Christine Arrasmith with audio engineering by Valentina Rodríguez Sánchez. It was edited by Nishant Dahiya and William Troop. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.
