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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Dan Sabbagh and Artem Mazhulin in Kyiv

‘I call it the doghouse’: slow progress on rebuilding ruined homes near Kyiv

Nadiia Vorobei (centre) with two neighbours outside her ruined home in Andriivka
Nadiia Vorobei (centre) with two neighbours outside her ruined home in Andriivka. Photograph: Vudi Xhymshiti/VX

Nadiia Vorobei is giving a tour of her ruined, green-walled home on a rainy afternoon in the village of Andriivka, 30 miles west of Kyiv.

The 66-year-old says that in March she was “literally carried out of the house” by Russian soldiers so they could forcibly billet themselves within it. Two weeks later, on 18 March, the property was devastated in the fighting.

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