Childhood sweethearts in Ukraine who were married for more than three decades were taken out by Russian drones while fleeing their occupied village — with heart-wrenching footage capturing the husband’s final moments weeping beside the charred corpse of his beloved wife.
Valerii and Valentyna Klochkov, who were married for 33 years, were among the final holdouts hiding from Moscow invaders in their village of Hrabovske, along the Russian border, when they made a break for it on Jan. 27, The Times reported.
As they ran from their hiding place, a Russian drone struck Valentyna, 52, forcing Valerii, 54, to put his wounded wife on a sled and run desperately through the snow to try and reach Ukrainian troops attempting to rescue the fleeing couple.
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