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4/11/2023 – “As soon as we win, I will immediately return to Bakhmut and set up a tent if I have nowhere else to live”

58-year-old Svitlana Kravchenko from BakhmutFacebook / Svitlana Kravchenko

From Hromadske By Наталія Мазіна

“As soon as we win, I will immediately return to Bakhmut and set up a tent if I have nowhere else to live,” says 58-year-old Svitlana Kravchenko.

“I am a hereditary Bakhmut resident, from my Ukrainian great-grandfather. This is the most valuable thing I have. I think about my city all the time because my life is there. There are 19 graves of my ancestors there. Even if you force your thoughts away, the city comes to you in your dreams.

Although I left a long time ago, I feel that my body is here and my soul is there. There is no better city. I am sure that Bakhmut has a great future. It will continue to exist because it has not yet reached its potential. It will be rebuilt. It’s not that I believe in it. I just know it. Kyiv will stand forever, as will Odesa and Bakhmut,” Svitlana told Hromadske…

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