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| Ukraine war: Welsh politician Mick Antoniw's relative dies | Ukraine war: Welsh politician Mick Antoniw's relative dies |
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| Mick Antoniw (left) has just got back from Ukraine | Mick Antoniw (left) has just got back from Ukraine |
| A Welsh politician has revealed that a Ukrainian relative has died in the war against Russia. | A Welsh politician has revealed that a Ukrainian relative has died in the war against Russia. |
| Mick Antoniw said his cousin's husband died in the battle for Snake Island, a defining early moment in the war. | Mick Antoniw said his cousin's husband died in the battle for Snake Island, a defining early moment in the war. |
| The Pontypridd Member of the Senedd has been delivering aid to Ukraine and said its people continually heard about "atrocities, torture, concentration camps, liquidation squads". | The Pontypridd Member of the Senedd has been delivering aid to Ukraine and said its people continually heard about "atrocities, torture, concentration camps, liquidation squads". |
| "There is a new fascism in Europe that has to be defeated," he said, | "There is a new fascism in Europe that has to be defeated," he said, |
| The Labour MS spoke about the loss as he joined about 100 others at a pro-Ukraine rally in Cardiff. | The Labour MS spoke about the loss as he joined about 100 others at a pro-Ukraine rally in Cardiff. |
| 'My guilt at leaving Ukraine on eve of invasion' | 'My guilt at leaving Ukraine on eve of invasion' |
| Ukraine's shadow army | Ukraine's shadow army |
| "My cousin's husband was a helicopter pilot, he was shot down by a Russian rocket, he was 24 years old," he said. | "My cousin's husband was a helicopter pilot, he was shot down by a Russian rocket, he was 24 years old," he said. |
| "This was at the beginning of the conflict, the first month of the conflict he died, along with many others." | "This was at the beginning of the conflict, the first month of the conflict he died, along with many others." |
| 'A hero of Ukraine' | 'A hero of Ukraine' |
| "It was a battle over the Black Sea for Snake Island, an area that has gone down in history", he said. | "It was a battle over the Black Sea for Snake Island, an area that has gone down in history", he said. |
| "He is a hero of Ukraine, the funeral was attended by the entirety of his village. | "He is a hero of Ukraine, the funeral was attended by the entirety of his village. |
| "But it's not just him, there are so many others who lost their lives in this way." | "But it's not just him, there are so many others who lost their lives in this way." |
| Attending the same rally as Mr Antoniw with her baby son is Daryna - her father died last week last week in Ukraine and her husband remains in the country | Attending the same rally as Mr Antoniw with her baby son is Daryna - her father died last week last week in Ukraine and her husband remains in the country |
| "My heart goes out to family members who now live this life, but particularly those in the east of Ukraine," he told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement . | "My heart goes out to family members who now live this life, but particularly those in the east of Ukraine," he told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement . |
| Residents living in parts of eastern Donetsk have been told to evacuate the area. | Residents living in parts of eastern Donetsk have been told to evacuate the area. |
| 'No alternative, no negotiation' | 'No alternative, no negotiation' |
| Mr Antoniw said there was "unity" among the Ukrainian people because "there is no alternative, there is no negotiation". | Mr Antoniw said there was "unity" among the Ukrainian people because "there is no alternative, there is no negotiation". |
| He said: "I was in Kyiv until the day before the invasion actually started in Ukraine, I managed to meet for a couple of hours some family members of mine. | He said: "I was in Kyiv until the day before the invasion actually started in Ukraine, I managed to meet for a couple of hours some family members of mine. |
| "But of course, I have others who are serving in the east, who are in the forces - we've lost one family member already. | "But of course, I have others who are serving in the east, who are in the forces - we've lost one family member already. |
| "It is the day-to-day continual, repetitive information about atrocities, torture, concentration camps, liquidation squads." | "It is the day-to-day continual, repetitive information about atrocities, torture, concentration camps, liquidation squads." |
| The MS, who also serves as the counsel general for Wales, has just returned from the country delivering supplies donated by trade unions. | The MS, who also serves as the counsel general for Wales, has just returned from the country delivering supplies donated by trade unions. |
| This photo was taken in Kramatorsk, in the Donetsk region by the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, of a residential home destroyed in a missile strike | This photo was taken in Kramatorsk, in the Donetsk region by the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, of a residential home destroyed in a missile strike |
| Mr Antoniw said Ukrainian miners' union members were asking for pick up vehicles to deliver people to the front lines. | Mr Antoniw said Ukrainian miners' union members were asking for pick up vehicles to deliver people to the front lines. |
| They had delivered "an enormous amount of medical supplies", including tourniquets and trauma bandages, he said. | They had delivered "an enormous amount of medical supplies", including tourniquets and trauma bandages, he said. |
| "Gas supplies no longer exist in Donetsk - they will face a very very cold winter. | "Gas supplies no longer exist in Donetsk - they will face a very very cold winter. |
| "Emotionally it is very difficult to see." | "Emotionally it is very difficult to see." |
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| Russia-Ukraine war | |
| Ukraine | |
| Pontypridd |