Feisty gran Alla Drozd despises tyrant Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine – and for cutting off her water supply.
She is one of thousands whose taps ran dry when Russian troops blew up the Nova Kakhovka dam and now endures a daily trip to a temporary 5-000 litre tank to fill up a milk churn.
And as her country marks 500 days of war, she couldn’t hide her anger at the Russian tyrant: “I hate Putin for what he has done to my country.
“And I hate him for making me have to collect water every day at my age.
“But Ukrainian women are strong, whether it is on the front line or running the home. And our children are strong and our men are strong.
“Together, we are too strong for Russia to win.”
The 76-year-old sums up the unbreakable spirit of the country as it passes the grim anniversary.
The conflict has had a devastating toll with 78% of people having a relative or friend killed in the war and 6.3m still classed as refugees.
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