

In this handout photo released by the Russian Defence Ministry, Alyosha Pavlichenko, an eight-year-old boy, who greets Russian military vehicles passing by the village of Veselaya Lopan in Belgorod region, attends a Yunarmia (Young Army) initiation ceremony, Russia. The boy dressed in a military uniform has been going out to a road every day to greet vehicles of the Russian troops for two months in the course of Russia's military operation in Ukraine. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.
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- Categories: Human Interest
- Location: Russia
- Event date: 28.05.2022
- Date published: 28.05.2022
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Russian Defence Ministry
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 2048x1152px, 372.4Kb
- Job-ID: a39cb21dc17fa29a