Ukraine's President Zelensky arrives in Kherson for an unannounced visit to celebrate recapture of the key southern city
"I am not afraid of the dark anymore": Orphaned Ukrainian boy finds hope with new familyIlya, center, has found new happiness with Vladimir Bespalov and Maria Bespalaya after losing both parents in the first week of the war.
“I remember that morning of Feb. 24, very clearly,” said Vladimir Bespalov, a 27-year-old railroad worker, of the first day of the war. “We thought we were too late. We realized we were already in a state of war, and we thought we could no longer adopt.” Weeks later that message would reach a volunteer helping those fleeing Mariupol, a southern city that became emblematic of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ruthless campaign to take Ukrainian land, no matter the cost.
His mother was struck down by Russian artillery after she left home to find food for her family, Bespalov and Bespalaya were later to learn from police.
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