Sasha was a civilian casualty of the Russian war in Ukraine. He was trying to bring his elderly gransparents to safety in Kyiv when their car came under fire from Russian forces. Sasha was shot in the head and chest ten times.
"Oleksandr, known as Sasha, did not have the life of an ordinary 18-year-old. His mother, Sveta, was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy when Sasha was three. Sasha had spent his life taking care of her, helping her dress, wash and go to the toilet.
Sasha had a natural love of learning, according to his family. From when he started to talk, he loved reciting poetry. At the age of seven he asked if he could learn to play the piano. Despite finishing music school with honours, he decided to study medicine. He attained full marks in Ukraine's national high school exams for chemistry and biology and was given a scholarship to Ukraine's best medical school, in Kyiv. Another top university, Taras Shevchenko University, also in Kyiv, rang his mother to complain when they heard he would not be coming to them.
Sasha planned to become a neurosurgeon to help cure his mother's disease, his family said. The bookshelves in Sasha's bedroom in Kyiv are filled with thick textbooks and encyclopedias. For his birthday last year he asked for two books, Robert Brooker's Genetics: Analysis and Principles and the British Medical Association's Illustrated Medical Dictionary. His mother ordered them from abroad.
"He didn't drink, smoke or go out at night. He was a total homebody, a peaceful boy," said Sveta, sitting in her wheelchair in Sasha's bedroom. "He knew that I needed help and he would always run home after school to help me. When I was down or depressed because of my illness and he would pick me up and even give me massages.
"There are children who like football or wrestling. My child loved books, chess and playing the piano, but no one ever forced him to study. But please don't think he was stuck up. He'd plant potatoes with Granny, fix the roof with his grandad and change his cousin's nappies. He was a simple, simple boy."
Sasha's favourite films were the Hobbit trilogy and Bridget Jones, said his mother."
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"Oleksandr, known as Sasha, did not have the life of an ordinary 18-year-old. His mother, Sveta, was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy when Sasha was three. Sasha had spent his life taking care of her, helping her dress, wash and go to the toilet.
Sasha had a natural love of learning, according to his family. From when he started to talk, he loved reciting poetry. At the age of seven he asked if he could learn to play the piano. Despite finishing music school with honours, he decided to study medicine. He attained full marks in Ukraine's national high school exams for chemistry and biology and was given a scholarship to Ukraine's best medical school, in Kyiv. Another top university, Taras Shevchenko University, also in Kyiv, rang his mother to complain when they heard he would not be coming to them.
Sasha planned to become a neurosurgeon to help cure his mother's disease, his family said. The bookshelves in Sasha's bedroom in Kyiv are filled with thick textbooks and encyclopedias. For his birthday last year he asked for two books, Robert Brooker's Genetics: Analysis and Principles and the British Medical Association's Illustrated Medical Dictionary. His mother ordered them from abroad.
"He didn't drink, smoke or go out at night. He was a total homebody, a peaceful boy," said Sveta, sitting in her wheelchair in Sasha's bedroom. "He knew that I needed help and he would always run home after school to help me. When I was down or depressed because of my illness and he would pick me up and even give me massages.
"There are children who like football or wrestling. My child loved books, chess and playing the piano, but no one ever forced him to study. But please don't think he was stuck up. He'd plant potatoes with Granny, fix the roof with his grandad and change his cousin's nappies. He was a simple, simple boy."
Sasha's favourite films were the Hobbit trilogy and Bridget Jones, said his mother."
source:
theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/14/collect-parents-or-sons-body-kyiv-family-tragic-plight-ukraine?CMP=share_btn_tw
Sasha was a civilian casualty of the Russian war in Ukraine. He was trying to bring his elderly gransparents to safety in Kyiv when their car came under fire from Russian forces. Sasha was shot in the head and chest ten times.
"Oleksandr, known as Sasha, did not have the life of an ordinary 18-year-old. His mother, Sveta, was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy when Sasha was three. Sasha had spent his life taking care of her, helping her dress, wash and go to the toilet.
Sasha had a natural love of learning, according to his family. From when he started to talk, he loved reciting poetry. At the age of seven he asked if he could learn to play the piano. Despite finishing music school with honours, he decided to study medicine. He attained full marks in Ukraine's national high school exams for chemistry and biology and was given a scholarship to Ukraine's best medical school, in Kyiv. Another top university, Taras Shevchenko University, also in Kyiv, rang his mother to complain when they heard he would not be coming to them.
Sasha planned to become a neurosurgeon to help cure his mother's disease, his family said. The bookshelves in Sasha's bedroom in Kyiv are filled with thick textbooks and encyclopedias. For his birthday last year he asked for two books, Robert Brooker's Genetics: Analysis and Principles and the British Medical Association's Illustrated Medical Dictionary. His mother ordered them from abroad.
"He didn't drink, smoke or go out at night. He was a total homebody, a peaceful boy," said Sveta, sitting in her wheelchair in Sasha's bedroom. "He knew that I needed help and he would always run home after school to help me. When I was down or depressed because of my illness and he would pick me up and even give me massages.
"There are children who like football or wrestling. My child loved books, chess and playing the piano, but no one ever forced him to study. But please don't think he was stuck up. He'd plant potatoes with Granny, fix the roof with his grandad and change his cousin's nappies. He was a simple, simple boy."
Sasha's favourite films were the Hobbit trilogy and Bridget Jones, said his mother."
source:
theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/14/collect-parents-or-sons-body-kyiv-family-tragic-plight-ukraine?CMP=share_btn_tw
"Oleksandr, known as Sasha, did not have the life of an ordinary 18-year-old. His mother, Sveta, was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy when Sasha was three. Sasha had spent his life taking care of her, helping her dress, wash and go to the toilet.
Sasha had a natural love of learning, according to his family. From when he started to talk, he loved reciting poetry. At the age of seven he asked if he could learn to play the piano. Despite finishing music school with honours, he decided to study medicine. He attained full marks in Ukraine's national high school exams for chemistry and biology and was given a scholarship to Ukraine's best medical school, in Kyiv. Another top university, Taras Shevchenko University, also in Kyiv, rang his mother to complain when they heard he would not be coming to them.
Sasha planned to become a neurosurgeon to help cure his mother's disease, his family said. The bookshelves in Sasha's bedroom in Kyiv are filled with thick textbooks and encyclopedias. For his birthday last year he asked for two books, Robert Brooker's Genetics: Analysis and Principles and the British Medical Association's Illustrated Medical Dictionary. His mother ordered them from abroad.
"He didn't drink, smoke or go out at night. He was a total homebody, a peaceful boy," said Sveta, sitting in her wheelchair in Sasha's bedroom. "He knew that I needed help and he would always run home after school to help me. When I was down or depressed because of my illness and he would pick me up and even give me massages.
"There are children who like football or wrestling. My child loved books, chess and playing the piano, but no one ever forced him to study. But please don't think he was stuck up. He'd plant potatoes with Granny, fix the roof with his grandad and change his cousin's nappies. He was a simple, simple boy."
Sasha's favourite films were the Hobbit trilogy and Bridget Jones, said his mother."
source:
theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/14/collect-parents-or-sons-body-kyiv-family-tragic-plight-ukraine?CMP=share_btn_tw
