Liliya Prutyan is a Ukrainian woman from Donbas, a former military medic in the Aidar Battalion, and the mother of three sons

Liliya Prutyan is a Ukrainian woman from Donbas, a former military medic in the Aidar Battalion, and the mother of three sons. After the start of the full-scale war, she went through violence and captivity. Her eldest son served in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, her middle son joined the Russian army, and her youngest ended up in occupied territory while still a teenager and survived there alone for three years.

The New York Times told the story of Liliya Prutyan’s family against the backdrop of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Meduza is retelling the piece.

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Liliya Prutyan is a mother of three from Donbas. Her eldest son joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces, her middle son joined the Russian army, and her youngest survived alone for three years…

Liliya Prutyan is a Ukrainian woman from Donbas, a former military medic in the Aidar Battalion, and the mother of three sons. After the start of the full-scale war, she went through violence and captivity. Her eldest son served in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, her middle son joined the Russian army, and her youngest, still a teenager…