Local resident Valentyna reacts as she witnesses her neighbour Tetiana (not pictured) leaving the town with the evacuation crew of East SOS Charitable Foundation, while she refused to be evacuated, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Pokrovsk, near a front line in Donetsk region, Ukraine on December 18, 2024. Valentyna decided to keep Tetiana’s cats with her. (Photo by Alina Smutko/Reuters)
