After Russia launched an attack on many parts of eastern Ukraine in the early morning of February 24, many areas were damaged by artillery shells. Video circulating on foreign social networks Twitter said that a Ukrainian father took the whole family to a safe area and stayed alone. When putting their daughter in the car, the father and son hugged each other and cried, making netizens unable to hold back their tears.
The Ukrainian father sent the whole family to a safe area, and stayed to fight alone. He hugged his daughter and cried as he put his daughter on the shuttle bus, causing netizens to burst into tears. (Twitter screenshot)
According to the video on Twitter, a Ukrainian father put the whole family in a car, preparing to evacuate to a safe area, but he stayed. When taking his little daughter to the car, the father knelt down on one knee, instructed him to hold his daughter in his arms and cry out loud, the girl also burst into tears.
When the video was posted, netizens continuously left comments:
⚠️#BREAKING | A father who sent his family to a safe zone bid farewell to his little girl and stayed behind to fight …
#Ukraine #Ukraina #Russia #Putin #WWIII #worldwar3 #UkraineRussie #RussiaUkraineConflict #RussiaInvadedUkraine pic.twitter.com/vHGaCh6Z2i
— New News EU (@Newnews_eu) February 24, 2022
“My heart is broken!”
“As a father of two daughters, this is my worst nightmare!”
“Putin, doesn’t your heart hurt when you see this?”
“I hope it’s just a movie because I still can’t believe it!”
“When human civilization has developed to this extent, something like this shouldn’t have happened.”
“As a father, that makes me very sad!”
(Tweet content: A father takes his family to a safe zone, bids farewell to his young daughter and stays to fight…)
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that “a special military operation will be carried out in Donbass, eastern Ukraine”. Explosions have been reported in places such as the Ukrainian capital Kiev and the second largest city of Kharkhiv. BBC reported, an official revealed that Russian tanks had entered the city.
“We will give weapons to anyone who wants to defend the country.” He called on the people of the whole country to be ready to work together to defend Ukraine.
The Ukrainian border guards said that Russian troops had broken through the defenses and entered the Kiev Fortress, where the capital Kiev is located. Earlier reports of airstrikes on the buildings of the Defense Ministry and the Intelligence Service in Kiev were denied by Ukrainian authorities. An adviser to the President of Ukraine said that the Russian military may use paratroopers to infiltrate Kiev.
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According to reports, there has been a wave of refugees in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. A lot of people drove away to the west, on the west road appeared a long line of cars.
In addition, many fugitives rushed to buy gas and withdraw cash, long lines at local gas stations, crowded ATMs and overcrowded subway stations. Many Kiev residents rushed to the train to escape, while others went to the station to seek refuge.
On February 24, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russian President Vladimir Putin will decide when to end the military operation against Ukraine “depending on the results and benefits of this action. ”
Asked when the war would end at a regular news conference, Peskov said the military operation “had its purpose”.
