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'Fear kills:' WWII vets recall war, reject panic over virus

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YAKUTSK – On the 75th anniversary of the allied victory in the World War II, The Associated Press spoke to veterans in ex-Soviet countries and discovered that lessons they learned during the war are helping them cope with a new major challenge — the coronavirus pandemic.

As they recalled the horrors of the war, they also talked about how strength and tenacity were key to survival both then and now.

Here is some of their testimony. ___ ‘GIVING IN TO PANIC IS LIKE SURRENDERING TO THE ENEMY' For Russian World War II veteran Valentina Efremova, the coronavirus pandemic is like going through the war all over again.

After the war, the 96-year-old said, “our lives were improving, year after year. And suddenly there’s this pandemic, which is like

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