Fuminori Tsukiko was travelling around Poland when Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The 75-year-old from Japan has since spent months living alongside Kharkiv residents in the subway, away from Russian strikes. Although Kharkiv has grown safer in recent months, the Japanese man decided to stay and help, rather than returning to his home country.

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