To my knowledge, the Russians (on the ground) have been nowhere near Vinnytsia region, let alone Dashiv. So there is a little inaccurate embellishment in your story.
The rest is shocking. What you don't say is whether your ex-Father-in-law is still in St Petersburg, where he established his successful business.
But it is illustrative of the close connections in the post-Soviet world that this present conflict is destroying.
To my knowledge, the Russians (on the ground) have been nowhere near Vinnytsia region, let alone Dashiv. So there is a little inaccurate embellishment in your story.
The rest is shocking. What you don't say is whether your ex-Father-in-law is still in St Petersburg, where he established his successful business.
But it is illustrative of the close connections in the post-Soviet world that this present conflict is destroying.