A Ukrainian grandfather and his two grown sons tell CNN why they left their families and signed up together to fight the Russian invasion.
On the front lines, near Mykolaiv, Ukraine In a shallow trench in a narrow strip of trees that offers the only cover in this Ukrainian landscape in the Mykolaiv district, a man stands with his two adult sons.
This is their first war together. Their first time as soldiers. When Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded their land, they went to the army as a family to sign up to fight. Yaroslav is a 59-year-old grandfather. One of his sons, Nazar, 34, has two sons of his own. Another son, Pavlo, 26 has a daughter.They left their wives and children to go the front lines but asked to stay together in their battalion.
Tatiana Bozko describes atrocities committed against her husband 02:16In another village farther from the front lines, a woman named Tatiana Bozko told CNN what happened when Russian soldiers came to her village, before beating beaten back by Ukrainian forces.They took her husband, a pro-Ukrainian former teacher who had worked at the village school, she said. Bozko told CNN she believes some of her neighbors who support Russia singled out her husband to the invaders.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Travis Barker Showers Kourtney Kardashian With PDA in New Wedding PicsThe couple tied the knot in front of family and friends in Italy last weekend.
Read more »
Canadian combat vet fought ISIS, now using skills to support UkraineSteve Krsnik, a combat veteran with the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry, formed Humanitarian Emergency Response Operation (HERO)
Read more »
Families in Africa burdened with higher food costs, hunger because of Russia's war on UkraineAfrican families are seeing the price of wheat flour soar as countries have not been able to import goods through the Black Sea since Russia's war on Ukraine began.
Read more »
Ukraine: Russia's military has entered the outskirts of key Donbas city, governor saysUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine's military was continuing to fight off Russian forces from entering Sievierodonetsk, a key city in the Donbas region.
Read more »
Russia test-fires its latest hypersonic Zircon missileRussia’s navy has conducted another successful test of a prospective hypersonic missile, a demonstration of the military’s long-range strike capability amid the fighting in Ukraine.
Read more »