The city of Chuhuiv in eastern Ukraine was among the first places to report damage after Russia's invasion.
Two five-storey apartment buildings were destroyed on the first day ofby heavy shelling, which left a missile crater some four to five meters wide carved into the ground.
Helena, a 53-year-old teacher stands outside a hospital after the bombing of the eastern Ukraine town of Chuhuiv on February 24, 2022. Chuhuiv was among the first places to report damage after Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion.Ukrainian Olena Kurilo survived when her Chuhuiv apartment was hit by a Russian missile strike. The 53-year-old teacher told AFP she had been"very lucky" and that she must have a"guardian angel.
"Never, under any conditions will I submit to Putin. It is better to die," she said."I only managed to think in that second 'My God, I'm not ready to die.'"Chuguiv has been liberated by Ukraine! Slava Ukraini!
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