'A Man Provides': Ukrainian Miners Send Families Away As Russia Advances

Hundreds of miners sent their families away while they keep working in areas under fire (Credit: AFP)

Yury Kozynets embraced his wife Alyona Gladkaya in front of the evacuation bus, just before it separated them, whisking her away from the under-fire Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk.

The 31-year-old miner wiped tears from Gladkaya's face. He was staying put, despite the advancing Russian troops.