Svitlana Mymokhod, 58, an accountant who began cooking for local army units, donates blood in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 3, 2022. (Heidi Levine for The Washington Post)
Stars and Stripes/Washington Post: Ukrainians line up to donate blood to save 'soldiers who are fighting for us'
MYKOLAIV, Ukraine — Hundreds of civilians and soldiers lined up Saturday in response to calls for blood donations in this southern front-line city holding off Russian forces.
"They said on TV that there was an urgent need for blood today," said Svitlana Mymokhod, 58, an accountant who began cooking for local army units after the Russian invasion in late February.
When officials pleaded for B-negative donors, Mymokhod's blood type, it led her to donate for the first time in 20 years, she said as she methodically squeezed a rubber ball while crimson tubes led from her arm. "We need to give more blood to save the soldiers who are fighting for us."
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Update: Ukraine's Civilians Donate Blood To Save Soldiers Fighting Against Russian Aggression (Republic World).
WNU Editor: Even the Washington Post in the above post is admitting that the war situation in Ukraine, specifically in the region where Ukraine's counter-offensive is taking place, is grim.
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