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to stop him choking. he stayed by his side for the next nine hours. when ivan was finally rescued, maxim chose to stay in bakhmut to fight alongside his comrades. he was killed a week later by a russian sniper. his act of self—sacrifice, scant comfort for his mum. translation: maxim had| the opportunity to evacuate with ivan, but due to the fact - his comrades remained there, he said he would not leave them. he knew that he would i never return from there. we still can't believe it. my soul has been ripped out. i have to live only i for the fact he saved his younger brother, ivan _ i no longer have a soul and no more heart. - maxim and ivan were their only children.
this is them engaged in brutal house—to—house fighting before a russian shell landed right next to ivan. translation: when i got hit, i was paralysed. - at that time, i felt like i couldn't do anything. i fell and felt something warm. then i realised that i was bleeding heavily. because i'd already experienced war, i knew that i wouldn't survive, but my brother didn't let me die. he saved me. the graphic video of ivan's injuries, still holding ukraine's flag, soon went viral. too dangerous for medics to enter the city, maxim had pierced his brother's airway
for maxim, a young man who gave his life for his brother. when war broke out last year, theyjoined the army together. maxim was 22. ivan, just 18. translation: he | was my best friend. all the times we fought, we were in the same trench, in the same positions, in the same unit, in the same team. he was always with me and i was with him. for me, this is a very dear person, not only by blood but also by spirit and everything else. this is where they were last alive together, bakhmut, the place their mother now calls hell.
was my best friend. all the times we fought, we were in the same trench, in the same positions, in the same unit, in the same team. he was always with me and i was with him. for me, this is a very dear person, not only by blood but also by spirit and everything else. this is where they were last alive together, bakhmut, the place their mother now calls hell. this is them engaged in brutal house—to—house fighting before a russian shell landed right next to ivan. translation: when i got hit, i was paralysed. - at that time, i felt like i couldn't do anything.
translation: maxym had| the opportunity to evacuate with ivan, but due to the fact his comrades remained there, he said he would not leave them. he knew that he would never return from there. we still can't believe it. my soul has been ripped out. i have to live only for the fact he saved his younger brother, ivan _ i no longer have a soul and no more heart. maxym and ivan were their only children. ukraine won't say how many more have been killed or injured in this war, but the cost to this family and to this one small town with yet more freshly dug graves shows it's extremely hard to bear. jonathan beale, bbc news, tomakivka.
for the defence of bakhmut. and a warning, his report does contain graphic images. in ukraine, the funerals are as constant as the pounding of artillery. each soldier's death a sacrifice for the nation, a family's loss. but few like this — an entire town in grief. for maksym, a young man who gave his life for his brother. when war broke out last year, theyjoined the army together. maksym was 22. ivan, just 18. translation: he | was my best friend. all the times we fought, we were in the same trench,
in the same positions, in the same unit, in the same team. he was always with me and i was with him. for me, this is a very dear person, not only by blood but also by spirit and everything else. this is where they were last alive together, bakhmut, the place their mother now calls hell. this is them engaged in brutal house—to—house fighting before a russian shell landed right next to ivan. translation: when i got hit, i was paralysed. - at that time, i felt like i couldn't do anything. i fell and felt something warm. then i realised that
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too dangerous for medics to enter the city, maxym had pierced his brother's airway to stop him choking. he stayed by his side for the next nine hours. when ivan was finally rescued, maxym chose to stay in bakhmut to fight alongside his comrades. he was killed a week later by a russian sniper. his act of self—sacrifice, scant comfort for his mum. translation: maxym had| the opportunity to evacuate with ivan, but due to the fact his comrades remained there, he said he would not leave them. he knew that he would never return from there. we still can't believe it. my soul has been ripped out. i have to live only for the fact he saved his younger brother, ivan _ i no longer have a soul
alive together, bakhmut, the place their mother now calls hell. this is them engaged in brutal house—to—house fighting before a russian shell landed right next to ivan. translation: when i got hit, i was paralysed. - at that time, i felt like i couldn't do anything. i fell and felt something warm. then i realised that i was bleeding heavily. because i'd already experienced war, i knew that i wouldn't survive, but my brother didn't let me die. he saved me. the graphic video of ivan�*s injuries, still holding ukraine's flag, soon went viral.