Thread by @rshereme

I cannot even imagine the pain this woman has endured. Olesia’s entire family was killed by russians, and she joined the army to fight them.

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2/ Olesia was a surgeon, a wife, and a mother of two. Her parents lived in Mariupol. When russia launched its full-scale invasion, they helped evacuate civilians.

3/ After russians captured Mariupol, collaborators betrayed Olesia’s parents. Both were executed. Their bodies lay in the street for nearly three months before russians dumped them into a pit.

4/ Olesia’s children, a 4-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy, were in the Kyiv region with relatives. Their evacuation bus was struck by a russian projectile. They didn’t survive.

5/ After their children's deaths, Olesia’s husband, also a surgeon, joined the army. In September, while evacuating the wounded from Bakhmut, a missile hit his car. He was killed.

6/ Having lost everyone she loved, Olesia returned to Ukraine from Italy. She joined the army as a combat medic—to save lives and fight those who took everything from her.

7/ There are thousands of stories like Olesia’s in Ukraine. Families erased. People who lost everything but still stand and fight.

8/ By this war, russians have set in motion a force that will hunt them for generations. Ukraine will never forget.