Residents at a Ukrainian nursing home recall how they helped the Russian army as it fought Nazi Germany in eastern city
s a volunteer working alongside the Red army as they fought their bloody battles against Nazi Germany in Kharkiv in eastern, Livdmyla Lishtvanonva, 99, would pick up unexploded shells and ammunition with her bare hands to help clear the streets for the fighting men and women. “Even off the roofs of buildings,” she recalls with a smile. “We were fighting for our land.”
From the window of her sparsely decorated room in the Kyiv nursing home in Chaiky village, on the western outskirts of Ukraine’s capital, near the now infamous and devastated towns of Irpin and Bucha, Lishtvanonva watched just a few weeks ago as a neighbouring business centre went up in flames after being hit by a missile.
Thanks to the Ukrainian defence of Kyiv, the Russian stay at the home turned out to be brief, and Ukraine’s victory in battle allowed everyone to return three weeks ago. Tetiana Rudyk, 42, the home’s deputy director, laughs as she admits that the staff had checked behind every curtain and in every room for hiding Russian soldiers. But there is deep grief felt by the three women living here who are old enough to have memories of the war with Germany.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Combatants in legal soap opera agree to settle ‘love-rat’ case after year-long hiatusTwo warring exes locked in a soap opera legal battle have agreed to settle their acrimonious defamation case when it returns to court after a year-long hiatus on Monday.
Read more »
Ukrainian forces fight back in Kharkiv and on Snake IslandUkraine's deputy prime minister says all women, children and older adults have been evacuated from a Mariupol steel mill long besieged by Russian forces.
Read more »
Live: Odesa hit by six missile strikes as Ukrainian forces continue advance towards KharkivRussia says it used high-precision missiles to strike airfields at the port city of Odesa, while Ukrainian forces continue their counter-offensive towards Kharkiv. Follow live.
Read more »
Why the world's weapons makers aren't yet making big bucks off the war in UkraineWhen Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine at the end of February, the stock prices of many of the world's biggest arms manufacturers spiked. However, most of the hardware being sent to Ukraine is coming from donor nations' existing inventories.
Read more »
‘I hate that I can’t hate him’: The tender SBW-Gallen moment the cameras missedPaul Gallen has made a career out of hate, but that emotion doesn’t extend to Sonny Bill Williams.
Read more »
‘I hate that I can’t hate him’: The tender SBW-Gallen moment the cameras missedPaul Gallen has made a career out of hate, but that emotion doesn’t extend to Sonny Bill Williams.
Read more »