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Shot in front of his son

A 15 year old describes seeing Russian soldiers execute his father

Victoria, Vitaly and Frank Gardner speak to Olga Malchevska, and hear her interviews with victims of suspected war crimes.

15-year-old Yuriy describes how his father was killed in front of him and a bullet missed his own head by inches.

Also, Serhiy Dibrov, deputy editor of the Odesa newspaper, Dumskaya, is on the podcast after bombing in the city.

This episode of Ukrainecast was made by Estelle Doyle with Chris Flynn and Osman Iqbal. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

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