Russians wreak havoc on Ukrainian farms, mining fields and stealing equipment – By Franco Ordonez (NPR) / May 6, 2022
BILKA, Ukraine — For Ukrainian farmer Anatolii Kulibaba, this year’s planting season comes with anguish. Kulibaba is among many who were forced to flee their land as Russian forces moved in with their tanks.
In the first few days of the war, Russian soldiers delivered an even crueler blow: They killed Kulibaba’s son, Oleksandr, as he was traveling to their village of Bilka, 25 miles from the Russian border.
“He was just 45. He had his whole life ahead of him,” Kulibaba says.
Two months later, Kulibaba, 70, is still trying to work through the pain, but it’s a struggle. He desperately misses his son, who also led most of the farm duties.
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