Valerii Mushchytskyi | Moshchun (Kyiv region)

Artifact: "This Fragment Destroyed Our Home"

Name: Artifact: "This Fragment Destroyed Our Home"
Uploaded: 2024-11-06 15:42:15EET
Duration: 37 s
Description: Valerii's family home was destroyed by mines. He and his wife barely survived the shelling, with Valerii shielding his wife with his own body. One of the large fragments passed very close to the couple. It was this fragment that Valerii preserved and donated to the Museum. As a testament to what civilians had to endure during the war.

Valerii's family home was destroyed by mines. He and his wife barely survived the shelling, with Valerii shielding his wife with his own body. One of the large fragments passed very close to the couple. It was this fragment that Valerii preserved and donated to the Museum. As a testament to what civilians had to endure during the war.

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The Museum of Civilian Voices founded by the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation https://civilvoicesmuseum.org/