Topic - Izium

Izium or Izyum ( southeast of the oblast capital, Kharkiv. Izium has a population of 45,884 as of 2021. - Source: Wikipedia

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A patient walks past the surgery department which was destroyed after a Russian attack at the hospital in Izium, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. Medical staff at the Izium hospital in eastern Ukraine are fighting the memories of six deadly months under Russian occupation. They also are looking darkly ahead at the coming months without electricity. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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Mykola Svyryd, 70, hugs his son Bohdan, 13, in a shelter for injured and homeless people in Izium, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. A young Ukrainian boy with disabilities, 13-year-old Bohdan, is now an orphan after his father, Mykola Svyryd, was taken by cancer in the devastated eastern city of Izium. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Orphan watched dad die, now awaits future in Ukraine shelter

By Lori Hinnant, Justin Spike and Vasilisa Stepanenko - Associated Press

A military vehicle drives along a street with a billboard that reads: "With Russia forever, September 27," prior to a referendum in Luhansk, Luhansk People's Republic controlled by Russia-backed separatists, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Four occupied regions in Ukraine are set to start voting Friday Sept. 23, 2022 in Kremlin-engineered referendums on whether to become part of Russia, setting the stage for Moscow to annex the areas in a sharp escalation of the nearly seven-month war. (AP Photo/File)

Occupied Ukraine holds Kremlin-staged vote on joining Russia

By Hanna Arhirova - Associated Press

Ukrainian paratroopers drive on the vehicle with Ukrainian flag on the pantone bridge across Siverskiy-Donets river in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine finds new mass burials, says Russia ‘leaves death’

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