Lomikovska, who walked miles to safety after Russian soldiers occupied her home village of Ocheretyne, in Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast, is now staying with a granddaughter near Chasiv Yar, Ukraine. — ©2024 The New York Times Company
WHEN a Russian soldier appeared outside 98-year-old Lidiia Lomikovska’s shattered home in eastern Ukraine in late April, the first thing he did was shoot and kill the family dog.
“What have you done?” her daughter-in-law, Olha, 66, shouted at the Russian. “He was protecting me.”
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