KATOWICE, Poland: One year after photographs of her bloody face and bandaged head became early symbols of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Olena Kurylo vividly remembers the devastating events of Feb 2
A teacher at the time, now a refugee, she dreams of home.
The first missile struck an airstrip at a military base 500 metres from her home in Chuguiv, near Kharkiv, in the northeast of Ukraine. The second demolished her apartment. "They took my picture, and I didn't care. I wasn't thinking about anything. Then I thanked God I was still alive," Kurylo said. To prove she was"not a fake", she posted a video of herself on Instagram, footage viewed by more than two million people."I had a shard of dirty glass in my eye and was missing a piece of my retina, which is also wrinkled now," she said."I've had four operations. Three in Poland and one in London," she added, fingering the lengthy scar near her temple, carefully concealed with makeup.
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