For months, Natalia Honcharenko had clung to the hope that her son, a Ukrainian soldier who helped defend the Mariupol steelworks against relentless Russian attack, might still be alive.
"When the war broke out, he was already with his unit. I called him, he calmed me down... He said: 'Oleksii, everything will be fine. We're chasing them away.' I hardly kept in touch with him since then because of the war."
Oleksii was told that Ievhenii, who moved from Kharkiv to Mariupol with his wife and daughter before the war and fought with the Azov Regiment that played a key role in the steelworks' defence, was killed in combat on April 15. "What I know is that they were moving across a bridge, and something happened there," his friend added. "As far as I know were in the water for a long time."
For florist Natalia Chyipesh, busy preparing yet another black-ribboned bouquet in her Kharkiv shop, the sad gathering held in Ievhenii's honour is all too familiar. "One lady shopper told me recently that I must have got used to it all. But it is impossible to get used to something like this...," she said. "Before, people used to die of old age... It's a totally different thing to make wreaths for our youth."
日本 最新ニュース, 日本 見出し
Similar News:他のニュース ソースから収集した、これに似たニュース記事を読むこともできます。
Ukrainian science has survived against the odds — now let’s rebuild togetherRedoubled international support is needed to renew science in my country, both to help those who stayed and encourage those who have fled to return.
続きを読む »
Ukrainian Refugee Girl Finds San Francisco Schools So Violent She Wants to Go BackA Ukrainian refugee girl who settled in San Francisco with her mother is finding public school in the city so violent that she longs to return to her war-torn country, where she feels children are less cruel to one another.
続きを読む »
NATO Chief Rejects Ukrainian Request for Outlawed Cluster BombsThe head of NATO has rejected Ukrainian requests for it to be supplied with controversial phosphorous weapons and outlawed cluster bombs.
続きを読む »
Putin will be 'in panic' over Joe Biden's Kyiv trip, Ukrainian MP saysThe U.S. president's surprise visit has buoyed Ukrainian officials and lawmakers as Kyiv's troops fight off a Russian offensive in the east.
続きを読む »
Leopard tanks like a Mercedes, says Ukrainian soldier training in GermanyA Ukrainian soldier compared Germany's Leopard 2 tanks to a Mercedes as he underwent training with them ahead of their arrival on the battlefield, saying he hoped they would bring a breakthrough in the war.
続きを読む »