Former Ukrainian First Lady shares heartwarming photo of 80-year-old man carrying suitcase filled with 'T-shirts, a toothbrush and sandwiches' ready to enlist in civilian army to 'fight for his grandkids'
- Former Ukrainian First Lady Kateryna Yushchenko posted the photo on Twitter
- She said it showed an 80-year-old grandfather showing up to enlist in the army
- He had with him a suitcase filled with t-shirts, underpants, sandwiches and a toothbrush
- 'He said he was doing it for his grandkids,' Yuschenko wrote alongside it
- Her husband Viktor Yuschenko was the President of Ukraine from 2005-2010
- In 2004, while running for office, he was poisoned in an assassination attempt
- It has long been believed that Russia was behind the attack and that they wanted to back Yuschenko's Kremlin-friendly opponent
Among the heartbreaking images of death and destruction coming out of Ukraine on Friday was an awe-inspiring photo, shared by former First Lady Kateryna Yushchenko, of an 80-year-old man enlisting in the army to fight for his grandchildren.
Yushchenko - who grew up in America and is married to Viktor Yushchenko - posted the photo on Twitter on Thursday night.
'Someone posted a photo of this 80-year-old who showed up to join the army, carrying with him a small case with 2 t-shirts, a pair of extra pants, a toothbrush and a few sandwiches for lunch. He said he was doing it for his grandkids,' she said.
It's unclear where the photograph was taken but it went viral around the world on Friday as Russia advanced its assault on Ukraine.
Civilians all over the country are taking up arms against Putin's troops.
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Former First Lady Kateryna Yushchenko, of an 80-year-old man enlisting in the army to fight for his grandchildren
