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Kieren Williams

‘Face of war’ Ukrainian woman pictured one year on as she wants to help homeland

The woman whose bloodied and bandaged face became one of the defining images of the early stages of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine has spoken out.

Olena Kurylo was struck by flying glass when a Russian strike struck her apartment building in Chuguiv, near Kharkiv, Ukraine.

The image of the 52-year-old teacher, bleeding and her face heavily covered, was taken by photographers who rushed to the scene.

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