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Randolf asks: A woman I have been chatting with on WhatsApp for a month now... I asked her why she hasn't evacuated from Donetsk. She said she has no money and that it's very expensive, as the taxi is asking for $750 from Donetsk to Kyiv. I didn't believe it because of the heavy fighting; it seems impossible to cross the frontline. I told her to take a bus to Russia, and I'd send her a plane ticket to Turkey, but she's afraid of Russians. We argued, as she insisted the taxi is the safest way they know, that the taxi pays off checkpoints, that the military is corrupt, and that passengers have successfully reached Kyiv. I wondered if she's a scammer, if the taxi is scamming people, or if they're conspirators... I don't know. But she sounds very natural on other topics, so I gave her the benefit of the doubt. I sent my live location so she could share hers, which she did. She's from Kramatorsk, not Donetsk City. She uses Lifecell on WhatsApp, and her signal is very weak, one gray checkmark that eventually becomes two after a few hours. Ukraine expert, please comment.