Ukrainian soldier praised for saving life of stabbing victim in Venice

Twenty minutes after arriving on holiday in Italian city, Yanis Tereshchenko drew on experience of war to intervene

A Ukrainian soldier who insists on always carrying a first-aid kit – even while on holiday – has been praised for saving the life of a stabbing victim during a trip in Venice, Italy.

Yanis Tereshchenko, a 32-year-old teacher who enlisted in the Ukrainian army’s third assault brigade immediately after Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, was on his way to his hotel with his wife and his five-year-old son in the Rialto district when he witnessed an altercation between two young men.

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