Didusenko and women’s rights attorney Gloria Allred carry Ukraine's flag as they walk in for a news conference. Photo: AP
A FORMER Miss Ukraine winner recently described her journey with her young son to escape Kyiv and her homeland as Russian troops invaded the country last month, and called on countries to do more to arm her countrymen and women.
Veronika Didusenko, who was crowned Miss Ukraine in 2018, said she and her seven-year-old son were awoken on the first day of the invasion to the sounds of air raid sirens and explosions, and they joined thousands of others on the road to evacuate.
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