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By Yumiko Kurashige /
Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent
13:23 JST,
February 25, 2025
KYIV — Former Ukrainian soldier Vadym Holovko in February 2024 was conducting military operations on the outskirts of the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region when a Russian shell exploded nearby and tore off his nose. Holovko instantly knew he had lost his nose, but he fell deep into...