A whole life packed into one car. A survivor from Donetsk, Ukraine.

Apr 10, 2026 10:45 AM

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Inside in the cages are 18 chickens & a dog
This man from Donetsk region lost his wife
He spent 4 years in Chernihiv & then went looking
For a new home & new life, he broke down in Kyiv
People were kind to him & the police helped him
Bless you . . I hope you find somewhere safe

its slightly overloaded! :-D

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I hope we all find someplace safe.

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"I saw an update to this story.

Mr. Mykola, the car's owner, was brought to a repair station and got his car fixed for free.

The next morning, he was able to continue his journey and has reached Uman already." - @Gerashchenko_en

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The way that Ukraine has pulled together continues to astonish me. I guess it shouldn’t at this point but the fact that a country can maintain so much humanity in the face of so much adversity makes me feel like we might make it.

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Looks like a movie prop.

1 day ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 2

Brings back memories... had that exact same car during the 89 refugee waves (East -> West), also broke down shortly before reaching the destination. Lasted longer than anyone expected.

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Compare this to America, where this guy would have been arrested and his car and property impounded.

1 day ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Gotta get them pics! Clout above all.

1 day ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Sometimes it's not about clout. This was caused by the idiot in charge of russia, this man deserves to have his story known. Also it's good to see he was receiving help with his situation

16 hours ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Give that guy some new struts! So low to the ground, that car is not going to last much longer... Not with the war torn roads of Ukraine.

1 day ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

looks like every Bulgarian car on the Autobahn!

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Steinbeck - East of Eden

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That's a Lada cargo!

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Oof

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I wish my prayers helped. I know they don’t. I speak to everyone of my support for them. Give where I can. Church’s that collect for them. I don’t trust big charities anymore.

1 day ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

I don't trust the curch any more they just use the money to buy a jet or cover up some pedo lawsuits.

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Usually women plan this stuff and follow through that I find. But I only give to smaller local churches not that super churches on TV those are just money makers.

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I was living in Germany at the end of 1989. When The Wall fell, there were many small East German cars, Trabant, similarly packed seen in various West German locations. The max speed of those was around 45 mph. You could have quite the traffic jam if a souped up Trabant was trying to pass a normal one. They also had impossibly small lights front and back so were difficult to see at night.

1 day ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

I've seen lots of Trabant's at an ex soviet airfield in northern Germany close to Wolfgast some 140 or so

19 hours ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I was living in Berlin then and those Trabants were dirt cheap. Like $50. The two stroke engines sounded like a small motorboat.

1 day ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

trabants everywhere. even saw a few here in ireland after the wall came down. :-P

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God this poor guy. Anyone know who he is? How we could send him 20 euro or something?

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I wish we could.

23 hours ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

poor guy, poor car. Its tired and gave up.

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This is how real police should act, helping people.

4 hours ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It's a lowrider now! But seriously, it is kind of impressive that ancient car pushed through half the country with that load.

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If there's anything I learned from Top Gear/Grand Tour's road trip episodes, it's that cars are *remarkable* machines. Even shitbox ones.

Now if they could've ever figured out how to get Clarkson to shut the fuck up about anything not about cars...

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His farm show is pretty good.

1 day ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I think that is a Lada Riva, and could be from the '90s. One of those cars that is neither completely fixed or broken.

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My mom had 70's Lada 1200, it had no problems starting after standing for a week in -40c. I wonder how the hell the battery even had any juice in it.

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