Residents of the occupied village did not hand over seriously wounded Ukrainian soldiers to the Russians.
The village of Pravdyne in the Kherson region was liberated from Russian occupation on the third attempt. Before the liberation on November 9, 2022, the Ukrainian military tried to enter here twice more - at the end of August and in the middle of September.
These were bloody counter-offensive battles with great casualties.
During the second attempt to liberate Pravdyne from the Russians, local resident Yehvenia Hlukha found two seriously wounded Ukrainian soldiers near her house. Together with her neighbors, she took care of the defenders and begged the Russian invaders not to take them away.
The report was created with the support of the "International Journalist Insurance Fund" project
00:00 On life in the occupation and gardening under shelling
01:20 On the three attempts to liberate the village and great sacrifices
02:30 How Evhenia Hlukha found two seriously wounded Ukrainian soldiers
03:38 How women persuaded the Russians not to take wounded soldiers
06:10 "Russians came to me four times"
07:44 How local women treated and fed wounded Ukrainian soldiers
10:34 How they secretly kept in touch with the relatives of the seriously wounded
12:20 "He calls me "Mom", hugged me and passed away"
13:49 "Kostyk was upset and died the next morning"
14:33 Where the soldiers were buried away from the eyes of the Russians
16:25 "My daughter took me away, she said: "You will be killed"
17:00 "I asked and ask for forgiveness all the time"