'Russians invaded my house and held a Ukrainian soldier captive there'

After Marina Perederii fled her home in Ukraine, it appeared in an online video of a Russian soldier looking through her photos.

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17 Sadova Street was little more than a shell when she and her husband bought it.

They lovingly renovated the house, painting cherry blossom and doves - symbols of love and well-being - in their bedroom. They built a swimming pool in the garden and a sauna in the basement.

“Everything was planned with such passion,” she tells the BBC World Service. But the peace wasn’t to last.

In February 2022, Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Marina’s husband went to fight while she took their children and ran. Before fleeing, she recorded what she thought could be her last glimpse of their home.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceqnwl49v43o

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