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There was nothing extraordinary about the mission until combat medic Olena found herself frozen in fear. The situation wasn’t particularly dangerous, but she couldn’t bring herself to do her job as her fellow soldiers were getting wounded. "I found myself trapped in the dugout corner, trembling like a frightened mouse," Olena told the Kyiv Independent. "Even as my comrades fell wounded, I begged someone else to bring them to me." "It felt as though I'd never regain my composure... When you’re in danger, you either fight or run. Yet, there I stood, paralyzed... powerless to act." Just before, O...
Kyiv Independent
There was nothing extraordinary about the mission until combat medic Olena found herself frozen in fear. The situation wasn’t particularly dangerous, but she couldn’t bring herself to do her job as her fellow soldiers were getting wounded. "I found myself trapped in the dugout corner, trembling like a frightened mouse," Olena told the Kyiv Independent. "Even as my comrades fell wounded, I begged someone else to bring them to me." "It felt as though I'd never regain my composure... When you’re in danger, you either fight or run. Yet, there I stood, paralyzed... powerless to act." Just before, O...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
There was nothing extraordinary about the mission until combat medic Olena found herself frozen in fear. The situation wasn’t particularly dangerous, but she couldn’t bring herself to do her job as her fellow soldiers were getting wounded. "I found myself trapped in the dugout corner, trembling like a frightened mouse," Olena told the Kyiv Independent. "Even as my comrades fell wounded, I begged someone else to bring them to me." "It felt as though I'd never regain my composure... When you’re in danger, you either fight or run. Yet, there I stood, paralyzed... powerless to act." Just before, O...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
In his battle for Ukraine, Pavlo Petrychenko used not only weapons but also his voice. A renowned Kyiv activist, he fought for the prosecution of corrupt Ukrainian officials, demanding justice for his fellow activists, including Kateryna Handziuk, who was murdered in 2018. As a team member of the Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation, Petrychenko helped establish a volunteer center in Kyiv to support the military until he decided to join the Armed Forces himself two months into the full-scale war. Petrychenko was among the troops who had liberated part of southern Kherson Oblast in the fall of 202...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
In his battle for Ukraine, Pavlo Petrychenko used not only weapons but also his voice. A renowned Kyiv activist, he fought for the prosecution of corrupt Ukrainian officials, demanding justice for his fellow activists, including Kateryna Handziuk, who was murdered in 2018. As a team member of the Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation, Petrychenko helped establish a volunteer center in Kyiv to support the military until he decided to join the Armed Forces himself two months into the full-scale war. Petrychenko was among the troops who had liberated part of southern Kherson Oblast in the fall of 202...
Kyiv Independent
In his battle for Ukraine, Pavlo Petrychenko used not only weapons but also his voice. A renowned Kyiv activist, he fought for the prosecution of corrupt Ukrainian officials, demanding justice for his fellow activists, including Kateryna Handziuk, who was murdered in 2018. As a team member of the Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation, Petrychenko helped establish a volunteer center in Kyiv to support the military until he decided to join the Armed Forces himself two months into the full-scale war. Petrychenko was among the troops who had liberated part of southern Kherson Oblast in the fall of 202...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
Eleven-year-old Oleksandr Reshetniak from Kharkiv Oblast still vividly remembers holding the stump of his torn-off leg, trying to stop the bleeding. On Jan. 17, Oleksandr and his 13-year-old cousin Alina were heading to a grocery store in his native village of Malyi Burluk, near Kupiansk, in the east of Kharkiv Oblast, to get some after-lunch treats. Then Russian troops began shelling the area. A shell landed near the children. Alina suffered severe injuries and died in a coma 10 days later. Oleksandr survived the attack but lost part of his right leg. Shortly after the attack occurred, Ukrain...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
Eleven-year-old Oleksandr Reshetniak from Kharkiv Oblast still vividly remembers holding the stump of his torn-off leg, trying to stop the bleeding. On Jan. 17, Oleksandr and his 13-year-old cousin Alina were heading to a grocery store in his native village of Malyi Burluk, near Kupiansk, in the east of Kharkiv Oblast, to get some after-lunch treats. Then Russian troops began shelling the area. A shell landed near the children. Alina suffered severe injuries and died in a coma 10 days later. Oleksandr survived the attack but lost part of his right leg. Shortly after the attack occurred, Ukrain...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
Eleven-year-old Oleksandr Reshetniak from Kharkiv Oblast still vividly remembers holding the stump of his torn-off leg, trying to stop the bleeding. On Jan. 17, Oleksandr and his 13-year-old cousin Alina were heading to a grocery store in his native village of Malyi Burluk, near Kupiansk, in the east of Kharkiv Oblast, to get some after-lunch treats. Then Russian troops began shelling the area. A shell landed near the children. Alina suffered severe injuries and died in a coma 10 days later. Oleksandr survived the attack but lost part of his right leg. Shortly after the attack occurred, Ukrain...
Kyiv Independent
Editor's Note: The Kyiv Independent spoke with children under the permission of one of their surviving parents. At the age of 11, Arina Pervunina saw Russian troops killing her father. She and her younger brother were caught behind enemy lines at their grandparents’ house in Kherson Oblast shortly after the full-scale invasion started, while their parents were at home in Odesa. In the early weeks of the invasion, Arina’s father came to rescue his children and the girl’s two cousins from the Russian-occupied part of Kherson Oblast. They were in their car when Russian soldiers began firing at th...
Kyiv Independent
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