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Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

Ukrainian soldier praised for saving life of stabbing victim in Venice

Yanis Tereshchenko pictured being presented by Venice’s mayor, Luigi Brugnaro.
Yanis Tereshchenko, left, pictured being presented with a plaque by Venice’s mayor, Luigi Brugnaro. Photograph: Supplied

A Ukrainian soldier has been praised for saving the life of a stabbing victim during a trip to Venice.

Yanis Tereshchenko, a 32-year-old teacher who enlisted in the Ukrainian army’s third assault brigade immediately after Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, was on his way to his hotel with his wife and his five-year-old son in the Rialto district when he witnessed an altercation between two young men.

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