As Russia often targets Ukrainian apartment buildings and gathering places, firefighters are typically the first people to arrive after an attack. They themselves can be targets. The World’s Daniel Ofman meets a young Ukrainian firefighter who risks his life to save others, and finds out what he does to stay strong.
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