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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kim Sengupta

‘Things are still not safe’: Locals fear returning to scarred villages of Kharkiv despite Russian retreat

Reuters

Denis Kozmenko decided to flee his home with his young family after he saw a young mother, who had taken shelter in a school during airstrikes, being dragged off to be raped by a Russian soldier.

He was among the many Ukrainian men who decided to move their wives and daughters out of the village of Mala Rohan, which was under Russian occupation, after the horrific sexual assault on the 27-year-old woman.

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