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Russia has wiped out the historic Swedish village in Ukraine For more than three centuries, a small Swedish community survived in Ukraine. Now it is on the verge of disappearing entirely. The village of Gammalsvenskby has been flattened, and only two people remain after an elderly woman recently passed away. The village, located along the Dnipro River in Kherson, is home to descendants of Swedes who were forcibly relocated there in the 18th century after Russia conquered Estonia. Now the centuries old community may be nearing its end. The village has been hit brutally hard. According to those who have managed to flee, the Russian army fires at anything that moves. When Russia launched its full scale invasion in February 2022, they occupied the village, only to be driven out in November that same year. Before withdrawing, they tore down every power pole, mined the entire area, and blew up the main road, “Kungsvägen,” which had been built for a royal visit in 2008. The remaining villagers still speak a form of 18th century Swedish. Today, Russian forces sit just across the Dnipro and bombard the area daily. The terror bombing continues, and every road is mined. Source: Aftenposten

💔“My wife and children are missing, I don’t believe they’re alive… The kids got scared, so we turned on cartoons for them… I was in the hallway and wanted to grab some things to get the family out, but then the explosion happened… I don’t know if they’ll be found. I don’t believe they’ll be alive.” These are the words of Kamel, a father standing in front of the destroyed apartment building in Ternopil. His wife and their two six-year-old children—a boy and a girl—remain under the rubble. He can’t take his eyes off the ruins. He says he no longer believes in miracles, yet he still waits. Because that was his whole life there. Source: insidersmg