Ukraine shelling survivor counts her blessings after narrow escape


Bakhmut (Ukraine) (AFP) – After Russia’s army shelled her hometown, Maria Mayashlapak looks over her destroyed home and counts her blessings. “I was reciting my morning prayer for God to keep me from getting injured,” the 82-year-old recalls of the moments just before a missile caused her kitchen to implode.

©AFP

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