KYIV (Aftenposten): How many Ukrainian soldiers have been killed? A mother’s search for the soldier’s son seldom provides insight into the secret number.
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8. June 2022 19:27
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When Natalia Klimova’s son faced her on March 2, he looked exhausted. It was a week since Russia invaded their home country, Ukraine, and 26-year-old Artem Dmitrovich Klimov was at the front in the east.
“Stay safe for your sister’s sake,” she said.
For many years it was just the three of them. The mother was reassured to know that her son and daughter wanted each other after she herself died.
When they spoke on March 2, Artem replied:
– This is not the time to say goodbye. I still have to live.
When she called him the next day, he did not answer.
Not the next day either. Or next.
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