A top Ukrainian official reported on November 5 that Yuriy Hlodan, the Odesa man who joined the country’s military after his family was killed by a Russian missile in April 2022, has died at the front lines in the war against Russia.
KHERSON, Ukraine For Vladyslav Nedostup, the eight-month occupation of his native city has receded swiftly into the past since the last Russian soldier escaped Kherson on a speedboat in early November, and already seems distant and unreal. But that chunk of time has left him irrevocably changed: Still a chubby, mild-mannered sociology graduate, heKHERSON, Ukraine For Vladyslav Nedostup, the eight-month occupation of his native city has receded swiftly into the past since the last Russian soldier escaped Kherson on a speedboat in early November, and already seems distant and unreal. But that chunk of time has left him irrevocably changed: Still a chubby, mild-mannered sociology graduate, he » The FINANCIAL Featured
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