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Ukraine war: Shock and joy in newly liberated villages

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Ukraine war: Shock and joy in newly liberated villages

Natalia's face lights up as she recalls the moment of her liberation - when the hated occupiers were forced from her village, Novovoznesenske, in the southern region of Kherson. She farmed there in peace and quiet until the Russians arrived on 29 March. What they did not destroy, they stole, she says, including forks and spoons, and the shoes from a pensioner's feet. "They were a rabble," she tells me, wringing her hands as she relives her trauma. Freedom finally came on 2 September. "When our armed forces arrived, we were in the basement," says the 50-year-old. "They asked, in Ukrainian, 'is anyone alive?' and I realised they were ours. They were so handsome, so beautiful especially compared to the fascists [her term for Russian forces].
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