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Maria Andreeva, wearing a headscarf, hugs her sister in Sumy, Ukraine after she was evacuated from Russian territory occupied by Kyiv. 

SUMY, Ukraine—After Ukrainian soldiers took over Maria Andreeva’s village in Russia’s Kursk region, her family received disturbing news. The retired farmworker had been executed by Ukrainian soldiers, a relative who fled the area told them—the kind of atrocity Russians have been warned to expect from the neighbor they invaded.

Then, Andreeva’s daughters, who live in Norway, saw a video had gone viral online: It was their mother, taking delivery of a care package including several bottles of water from Ukrainian soldiers. Daughters contacted the soldiers online & begged for help evacuating her from war’s latest flashpoint. Soldiers obliged, bringing her across the border into Ukraine. The
Russia’s Kursk, Ukraine Takes On a New Role: As Occupier. A woman’s evacuation from her home in Russia shows how Ukraine is trying to differentiate its occupation from Moscow’s. 

https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/in-russ...r-d8b77d95