Ukraine.- The stories related to the war between Russia and Ukraine seem not to end after only a couple of days started, if you thought you had seen everything, you will be surprised to learn the story of a man who at the age of eighty enlisted in the army for a touching reason.
This case was widely publicized on social media by a photo shared by the former first lady of Ukraine Kateryna Yushchenkowho did not add many details about it, but did say that the grandfather entered the fight “for his grandchildren.”
The photo shows the subject near a group of Ukrainian soldiers, wearing a black hat, a jacket of the same color, dark green pants and a brown leather bag containing some clothes and some sandwiches.
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“He said he was doing it for his grandchildren,” Yushchenko posted.
Although there is no certainty in which region of Ukraine the image was captured, Twitter users have shared it massively to recognize the courage of the man who, regardless of his advanced age, is willing to leave everything to defend his family from Russian troops. .
This photo went viral precisely on the night of Friday, February 25, while Vladimir Putin’s army attacked Kievcapital of the country, with the intention of taking control of it and taking one of the most important cities.
The grandfather’s case filled Internet users with emotions because he is 20 years old than the age established by the government of Ukraine to take up arms in the war against Russia. Let us remember that the government announced from the first day of the conflict that men between the ages of 18 and 60 were prohibited from leaving the country.
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