In March 2022, Popasna in Ukraine's Luhansk region ceased to be a town and became a front line. Russian tanks moved into residential neighborhoods, rockets struck the centre, and residents fled west along roads under fire from both sides.
About a kilometer from Russian positions, on the outskirts of Popasna, 127 people with disabilities remained inside a psychoneurological care home. They were mostly elderly residents and those who had no relatives. They could not evacuate on their own and depended entirely on the institution’s administration.
