'Heroes of Kharkiv': How 48 children were saved from kindergarten hit by Russian drone
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Emergency Services of Ukraine Oleksandr Volobuev was one of many who rushed to rescue 48 children from a kindergarten after it was hit by a Russian drone
Although moving forward, Oleksandr Volobuev's body is angled slightly away from the camera, as if bracing against the deadly air still swirling with falling debris and smoke. His face in careful concentration, the Major-General from Ukraine's Civil Protection Service clings tightly to a precious bundle, wrapped for protection in his coat - and out of which two small pink shoes protrude. It is a striking image of a dramatic rescue from a nursery school in the eastern city of Kharkiv, following a devastating, direct hit by a Russian drone.
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