Ukrainian Teen Caring For Four Siblings Prays He Won't Let Down His Slain Mother
- By Current Time,
- Yulia Zhukova and
- Neil Bowdler
Vyacheslav Yalov's mother died in his arms after she was hit by Russian shelling as they walked home together in the village of Verkhnotoretske in Ukraine's Donetsk region in 2022. Yalov, who has just turned 19, is now the guardian of his four siblings. Current Time received hundreds of calls and messages offering help after reporting on the family. They now live together in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.