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“We didn’t want to go, but once we were flooded, I decided there’s nothing to stay for,” she said. She faced a tough choice: endure homelessness as the war raged nearby or take the only way out - a long, circuitous and uncertain journey through Russia. Then it was gone after the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in early June triggered catastrophic flooding and reduced the property to clay. Yaremenko lived under Moscow’s rule for 15 months, putting up with the rumble of constant shelling just be near her beloved home and blooming garden. But the community with a prewar population of 25,000 may as well be a world away.

From the Ukrainian-controlled city of Kherson, where she now lives, the faint outline of Oleshky is visible from a distance. She came a long way by bus through Russia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland to be this close.

The 68-year old Ukrainian woman traversed several countries over six days only to settle across the river from her beleaguered hometown. KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - For Rima Yaremenko, the 5,000-kilometer (3,000-mile) odyssey to escape Russian occupation ended within sight of where it started.

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