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The Full Story Behind The Viral Testimony Of A Vinnytsya Survivor

Eleven-year-old Roman Oleksiv survived the 2022 Russian air strike on Vinnytsya that killed 28 people, including his mother. His story moved an interpreter to tears at a recent European Parliament event. RFE/RL revisits the attack and his recovery.

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The European Parliament heard on Tuesday the story of Roman Oleksiv, an 11-year-old Ukrainian boy who survived a Russian missile attack on a hospital in Vinnytsia on July 13, 2022.The bombing killed 24 people and left more than 200 injured.Among the victims was his mother, Halyna Halina.Roman explained in Parliament that on that day they were both in a clinic in the city when three missiles hit the building. "That was the last time I saw my moth…

·Spain
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Turkey's president is pressing Russia's leader to declare a limited ceasefire that would cover Ukrainian ports and energy facilities, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during a private meeting with Vladimir Putin. The calls come after a series of attacks on Russian-linked tankers in the Black Sea, which Ukraine claimed responsibility for, as a new round of talks is set to begin this weekend. It is unclear, however, whether the Europeans and Ukrainians w…

·Vilnius, Lithuania
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The testimony of 11-year-old Ukrainian Roman Oleksiv upset the European Parliament. As a victim of the war, the young boy made a poignant appeal to Europe.

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An interpreter of the European Parliament fell into tears on Thursday by translating the words of Roman Oleksiv, an 11-year-old Ukrainian boy, who described the disappearance of his mother killed in a Russian strike on a hospital in 2022.

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