Aged 19, A Ukrainian Woman Is Pregnant -- And A War Widow

Solomia Fedishin is drying her husband's freshly laundered Ukrainian Army uniform. The 19-year-old is trying to cope after his death in a Russian air strike. She needs to be strong, she says, for the son that she will soon give birth to -- and bring up as a widow.
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