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Still Flying At 86: Ukrainian Pilot Who Survived Chernobyl Disaster
Ukrainian military pilot Mykola Volkozub could barely move under the weight of a lead vest meant to protect him from radiation as he prepared for his first flight over the Chernobyl reactor after the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986.
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Beatings And A Lost Kidney: Life In Ukraine's 'Secret Prisons'
Secretly detained by Ukrainian authorities for almost 600 days, Mykola Vakaruk suffered repeated beatings, battled the freezing cold and lost a kidney in an ordeal he described as pure hell.
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Still Flying At 86: Ukrainian Pilot Who Survived Chernobyl Disaster
Ukrainian military pilot Mykola Volkozub could barely move under the weight of a lead vest meant to protect him from radiation as he prepared for his first flight over the Chernobyl reactor after the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986.
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Beatings And A Lost Kidney: Life In Ukraine's 'Secret Prisons'
Secretly detained by Ukrainian authorities for almost 600 days, Mykola Vakaruk suffered repeated beatings, battled the freezing cold and lost a kidney in an ordeal he described as pure hell.
