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The Guardian
13-03-2025
- The Guardian
Ukrainian soldier praised for saving life of stabbing victim in Venice
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. Suddenly, one of them drew out a large knife and stabbed the other in the arm and leg. 'Fortunately, I had my emergency kit with me – the one I've carried since the war began – even though my wife always tells me to leave it at home,' Tereshchenko told Corriere del Veneto. 'I saw a deep wound on his thigh and pulled out a tourniquet to stem the bleeding. He lost consciousness and was hemorrhaging. I tried to bring him back to life.' Doctors later said that Tereshchenko's intervention was providential. The victim was losing blood rapidly, and without the soldier's prompt action, he might have died. Tereshchenko did his best to keep him conscious until the ambulance arrived. 'I don't know if he would have survived,' he said. 'People were confused, and no one knew what to do. Sadly, I have seen so much during the war that I had no doubt about the need to intervene.' In a post on X, Tereshchenko wrote: '20 minutes in Venice. The boy was lucky that I was near the first aid kit and tourniquets; by the time the ambulance arrived, he would have f**king bled to death.' Venice's mayor, Luigi Brugnaro, met Tereshchenko and his family personally to thank him and present him with a plaque. 'Yanis's gesture is an example to us all,' the mayor said. 'He has my personal thanks and that of the entire city of Venice for this extraordinary act of humanity, courage, and selflessness. To Yanis, to the Ukrainian people, and to our friends in Odessa, we renew our solidarity in pursuit of a lasting peace that will secure their defence.' The identities of the victim and the assailant, as well as the motivation behind the attack, remain unclear. 'The war has taught us to take care of people,' Tereshchenko said. 'We will undoubtedly return to Italy, but now it is time to go back to my country to defend my land.'
Telegraph
11-03-2025
- Telegraph
Holidaying Ukrainian soldier saves man stabbed in Venice
A Ukrainian soldier on holiday in Venice saved the life of a man who had been stabbed in a brawl in the alleyways of the historic city centre. It is likely that Yanis Tereshchenko's prompt intervention saved the young man, who had been wounded in the leg and was losing a large quantity of blood. The man, reportedly Tunisian, had allegedly got into a fight with another Tunisian. The motives for the confrontation are unclear. He sustained a stab wound to the thigh, which reportedly severed his femoral artery. Mr Tereshchenko was returning to his hotel on Monday when he saw the victim lying on the ground and bleeding profusely, surrounded by panicked passers-by. He was able to use the first aid kit he has carried since joining the Ukrainian army three years ago. 'Lucky for the boy that I had the first aid kit… The blood would have leaked out by the time the ambulance arrived,' he wrote on X, formerly Twitter. He posted two photos: one showing a large quantity of blood on the flagstones of an alleyway and the other showing Italian paramedics attending to the victim. 'I saw he had a deep stab wound to the thigh. I took out a tourniquet to stop the loss of any more blood,' the 32-year-old told Corriere del Veneto, a local newspaper. 'I know [the first aid kit] a bit cumbersome, and my family are always telling me to leave it behind. But today, for the first time in three years, it was needed. It was lucky that I had it with me at that moment.' The victim had lost a lot of blood and was losing consciousness, Mr Tereshchenko said. 'I tried to keep him awake until the medics arrived. I don't know if he would have made it otherwise,' he added. 'The people standing around were in shock – no one intervened or knew what to do. Unfortunately in these last few years of war I have seen a lot, so I didn't hesitate to intervene.' Mr Tereshchenko said he had been a teacher before joining the Third Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian military. 'I had a few days of leave and, seeing as how we love Italy, whenever we can, we come here, this time to Venice.' A shopkeeper who witnessed the knife attack said: 'The attacker was striking with ferocity, first the victim's arms and then the leg. It was a violent and continuous attack involving a really big knife.' Police are searching for the knifeman, who fled before medics arrived. The attack happened in the Salizada San Canzian alleyway, not far from the famous Rialto Bridge which spans the Grand Canal. Mr Tereshchenko continued his holiday, and on Tuesday posted photos of Venice's canals and churches. Although Ukrainian men are restricted from leaving the country, soldiers are allowed to go abroad for holidays as long as they obtain permission from their commanders. Military personnel are entitled to 15 days of foreign holiday each year, according to the Kyiv Post.
The Independent
24-02-2025
- The Independent
British teen, 13, dies after ‘crashing into tree' on Italian ski slope
A British teenager was killed on an Italian ski slope after gaining too much speed on a descent and crashing into a tree, according to an instructor. The 13-year-old lost control after hitting a dip before 'violently crashing' into a tree that marked the outskirts of the intermediate red Falzarego slope in the Dolomites, near Cortina d'Ampezzo on Saturday morning. His parents were thought to be at the scene of the crash and could only watch on as rescuers tried to revive the boy for more than 30 minutes. But despite the teenager wearing a helmet, he was killed instantly as he had sustained a traumatic chest injury, the Italian paper Corriere del Veneto reported. Francesco Cataldo Giorgi, vice president of the Happy Ski school in Cortina told Corriere del Veneto:"From what I was told by those present the boy had gained a lot of speed, found a dip that was a sort of boost for him, he was no longer able to control the descent and crashed into the tree. 'It was very bad luck.' He added: 'If he had fallen a few meters earlier or later, nothing would have happened. Unfortunately, in this sport, a fall in the wrong place is enough to lose your life. You have to be careful.' The victim had been on a half-term holiday with his parents and two other families in Bolzano. His parents are receiving psychological support after witnessing the crash and followed their son's body as it was airlifted to the San Martino hospital in Belluno. Investigators say the scene of the crash was on a 'less challenging' part of the 15-minute long 2km descent and are probing whether any other obstacle was involved in the fatality. A foreign office spokesman said: 'We are supporting the family of a British national who has died in Italy and are in touch with the local authorities.'
Telegraph
23-02-2025
- Telegraph
British boy, 14, dies in skiing accident
A 14-year-old British boy has died in a skiing accident after veering off slopes and crashing into a tree, police said. Although the boy was wearing a helmet, paramedics' efforts to revive him for a half an hour were unsuccessful as he had sustained a traumatic chest injury, according to Italian media reports. His parents were on the scene as medics with a defibrillator battled to save the boy's life for at least 30 minutes, local media reported. According to witnesses, the teen was skiing on the Falzarego intermediate red run, a 15-minute descent from 2,732 metres to 2,105 metres for about 3.5km from Lagazuoi toward Col Gallina. He picked up considerable speed and went into a dip, which propelled him with additional momentum, witnesses said, causing him to lose control and crash into a tree on the side of the run. 'It was very bad luck,' Francesco Cataldo Giorgi, vice president of the Happy Ski school in Cortina told the Corriere del Veneto. 'If he had fallen a few metres before or after nothing would have happened. Unfortunately in this sport, all it takes is one fall in the wrong place and you can lose your life. We have to be careful.' The family was on a half-term holiday in the Bolzano area with two other families and members of the group had just been starting the day of skiing when the accident occurred at 9.30am. A medical and psychological support team are assisting the parents, who witnessed the drama and are now working to bring their son's body back to the UK. Investigators are trying to determine if there were any obstacles or unusual features on the run that might have contributed to the accident.
