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Residents in Demydiv, Ukraine purposely flooded the town as a tactic to protect themselves from Russian forces, reported theNew York Times.
Russia’sattack on Ukrainecontinues after its forces launched a large-scale invasion on Feb. 24 — the first major land conflict in Europe in decades.
Civilians in the town are stuck dealing with the aftermath of the flooding and many share they have no regrets.
“Everybody understands and nobody regrets it for a moment,” Ukrainian civilian Antonina Kostuchenko told theTimes.
“We saved Kyiv!” she said with pride.
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This is not the first time Ukrainians have caused damage to areas and sacrificed their own lives in an effort to prevent Russian aggression and save their country.
In late February, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukrainesaid on social media, according to a translation, that one of the country’s soldiers had detonated a bridge — killing himself in the process — in an effort to prevent Russian tanks from advancing.
The military said Volodymyrovich was in a battalion working to stop a column of Russian tanks at the Henichesk bridge in the area of Kherson and that Volodymyrovich was the one who agreed to destroy the mined bridge.
Meanwhile, Russia’sattack on Ukrainecontinues after nearly two months.
More than 4 million have fled the country as refugees — and half are children,according to the United Nations. Millions more have been displaced inside Ukraine.
With NATO forces amassed in the region, various countries are offering aid or military support to the resistance. Ukraine’s PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyyhas called for peace talks — so far unsuccessful — while urging his country to fight back.
Putin insists Ukraine has historic ties to Russia and he is acting in the best security interests of his country. Zelenskyy vowed not to bend.
“Nobody is going to break us, we’re strong, we’re Ukrainians,“he told the European Unionin a speech in the early days of the fighting, adding, “Life will win over death. And light will win over darkness.”
source: people.com
