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Rachel Hagan

Ukrainian schoolboy, 18, adopts four siblings after mum died in his arms

An 18-year-old Ukrainian has become the guardian of his four brothers and sisters after their mother was tragically killed.

Vyacheslav Yalov, from the village of Verkhnotoretske in Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine, stepped up to the plate to look after his brothers and sisters, even evacuating them from their home.

The siblings are made up of Nicole, aged 11, Olivia, aged eight, and their two brothers Daniel, aged 16, and Timur, aged 10.

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