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A Ukrainian says he tried to sink his Russian boss’s yacht because of missile strikes back home

February 28, 2022 at 8:35 p.m. EST
The damage after a missile hit an apartment building in Kyiv, Ukraine, this weekend. (Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images)
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Taras Ostapchuk was on a break from his job as a yacht mechanic Saturday when he pulled up a news report on his cellphone.

Watching footage of a Russian missile striking an apartment building in Kyiv, the 55-year-old Ukrainian was devastated. Then he became angry because, by his account, the weapon may have been supplied by his boss.