Wednesday, 16 April 2025 () Like thousands of senior citizens in Ukraine, Zinaida Gyrenko was spending the sunset years of her life in a shelter, her retirement upended by Russia's invasion. She now stays at a dormitory-turned-shelter for senior citizens called Velyka Rodina, meaning Big Family, in Kharkiv city further north. The invasion launched by the Kremlin more than three years ago has disproportionately affected Ukraine's seniors.
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