Valentyn seems to have been the last resident of Teterivske, a village west of Kyiv, who stayed in his old wooden house as Russian shells hit his deserted neighborhood. On March 31, Ukrainian soldiers persuaded the elderly, frail, and frightened man to let them take him to safety.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russian-shelling-village-old-man-evacuation/31782820.html
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