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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Daniel Boffey in Kherson oblast

‘My heart is bleeding’: villagers flee as the battle for Kherson rages on

Anna Koval, 72, recounts her sorrows from her bed in a school gym in Kryvyi Rih
Anna Koval, 72, tells her story from her bed in a school gym in Kryvyi Rih. Photograph: Ed Ram/The Observer

As she was driven by her son out of Dudchany, a small village in the north-east of the Kherson region a few days ago, Rosaliya Kovalchuk, 72, glimpsed something from the backseat that will haunt her forever.

“Hanging from the branches of a tree were guts from a man’s belly,” Kovalchuk said, pausing as she sought to collect her emotions. “A military car had been blown up. I think he was Russian from the boots and the uniform.”

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