A 97-year-old Russian World War II veteran has taken inspiration from the record-breaking charity efforts of British centenarian Captain Tom Moore and raised $27,500 for the families of doctors who died of Covid-19, Reuters reports.
Zinaida Korneva, who reached the rank of senior sergeant in the Red Army during World War II and served in the Soviet Union’s anti-aircraft forces, has also knit a pair of socks as a gift to Moore.
“Hello Tom. I learned about your story. You are a strong person and a real soldier,” Korneva told AP.
“We defeated fascism together in 1945. And now, together, we’re fighting against this virus, " she added.
