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Ukraine’s Mother Teresa Of The Maidan

Guardian Angel

Ukrainian Olga Bogomolets tended to the wounded after snipers opened fire on protesters—and she’s turned down an influential post to remain devoted to the work at Independence Square.

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On Wednesday night Olga Bogomolets faced one of her life’s most important decisions. Still cold after standing on stage before thousands of Ukrainians gathered on the EuroMaidan, she sat at a corner table of a McDonalds shivering in her parka.

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