The last pocket of resistance, besieged by Russian forces, was the fact that for almost two and a half months, his son Artyom, one of the Ukrainian soldiers guarding the vast Azovstal factory in Mariupol, prayed that Irina Yorchenko would come out unscathed. On Wednesday, the news fell like a cleaver: Artem, 22, was dead. Irina, who was devastated, says she too is relieved – at least her son will not be captured by the Russians. He did not know the famine or injury suffered by many of his comrades. “Suddenly I was relieved. It’s easier said than done, “he...