I decided I would follow in my boyfriends footsteps and join the fight.

Despite what we were told officially.Courtesy of Yara ChornohuzI was born and raised in Kyiv.

I have been lucky to stay alive.where we have been working ever since.but Russia has since occupied that village and I am afraid to think of what theyve done there.

threatening they would do the same to her small daughter.which I believe pushed the idea that Ukrainian was outdated.

I understood that a full-scale invasion was imminent.

While defending a village 45 km north of Mariupol for a week against Russian forces I spent every day aiding civilians.and can cause financial hardship and stress.

The overpayment trapThis issue impacts about 1 million Social Security recipients a year.The agency also noted it is responsible to taxpayers to be good stewards of the trust funds.

That risks the person losing out on thousands of higher benefits they would have received if they waited until full retirement age.widowers and dependents of eligible workers.