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‘The money is gone’: Evacuated Ukrainians forced to return

A gravedigger shovels soil on the casket of 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, who was killed in a Russian rocket attack, during her burial, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. Protsenko was killed two days after coming home. She had done what authorities wanted, evacuating eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region as Russian forces move closer, but starting a new life elsewhere was uncomfortable and expensive. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Damages from shelling in Malotaranivka village, where Tamara Markova, 82-year-old resident and her son Mykola Riaskov, suffering from a disability, both returned back to after fleeing, in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. Markova and Riaskov said they spent only five days as evacuees in the central city of Dnipro this month before deciding to take their chances back home. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Eighteen-year-old waitress, Karina Smulska, who returned to her home town after fleeing, smokes a cigarette outside the restaurant she works, in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Tens of thousands of people from Donetsk region are returning to their rural or industrial communities close to the front line at considerable risk because they can't afford to live in safer places. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Eighteen-year-old waitress, Karina Smulska, who returned to her home town after fleeing, prints a receipt for Ukrainian servicemen, at a restaurant, in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Tens of thousands of people from Donetsk region are returning to their rural or industrial communities close to the front line at considerable risk because they can't afford to live in safer places. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Damages from shelling on a house in Malotaranivka village, where Tamara Markova, 82-year-old resident and her son Mykola Riaskov, suffering from a disability, both returned back to after fleeing, in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. Markova and Riaskov said they spent only five days as evacuees in the central city of Dnipro this month before deciding to take their chances back home. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

A priest prepares to pray over the lifeless body of 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, who was killed in a Russian rocket attack, before her burial, during her funeral procession, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. Protsenko was killed two days after coming home. She had done what authorities wanted, evacuating eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region as Russian forces move closer, but starting a new life elsewhere was uncomfortable and expensive. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

A Cross sits on a fridge in the home of Tamara Markova, 82-year-old resident and her son Mykola Riaskov, suffering from a disability, who both returned back to their home after fleeing, in Malotaranivka village, in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. Markova and Riaskov said they spent only five days as evacuees in the central city of Dnipro this month before deciding to take their chances back home. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Tamara Markova, 82-year-old resident, sits with her son Mykola Riaskov, suffering from a disability, who both returned back to their home after fleeing, sit in their home in Malotaranivka village, in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. Markova and Riaskov said they spent only five days as evacuees in the central city of Dnipro this month before deciding to take their chances back home. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

A man walks away from a crater in the aftermath of a Russian rocket attack, that killed 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, July 16, 2022. Protsenko was killed two days after coming home. She had done what authorities wanted, evacuating eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region as Russian forces move closer, but starting a new life elsewhere was uncomfortable and expensive. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

The bench where 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, was killed from a Russian rocket attack, ahead of her funeral procession, outside her home, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. Protsenko was killed two days after coming home. She had done what authorities wanted, evacuating eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region as Russian forces move closer, but starting a new life elsewhere was uncomfortable and expensive. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Men carry the lifeless body of 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, who was killed in a Russian rocket attack, during her funeral procession, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. Protsenko was killed two days after coming home. She had done what authorities wanted, evacuating eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region as Russian forces move closer, but starting a new life elsewhere was uncomfortable and expensive. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Family and friends of 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, who was killed in a Russian rocket attack, walk to a cemetery for her burial, during her funeral procession, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. Protsenko was killed two days after coming home. She had done what authorities wanted, evacuating eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region as Russian forces move closer, but starting a new life elsewhere was uncomfortable and expensive. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

‘The money is gone’: Evacuated Ukrainians forced to return