Dream come true for terminally-ill Ukrainian boy as he joins police


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Andriychuk, who is terminally ill with brain cancer, during a ceremony organised by police in the town of Chernivtsi, Ukraine. Photos: SHPALTA.MEDIA/Handout via Reuters

Wearing a custom-made police uniform, 10-year-old Oleksandr Andriychuk, who is terminally ill with brain cancer, enrolled in his local police force in western Ukraine this week in a special ceremony in front of his home and spent a day on patrol.

The chance to become a police officer was a dream come true for Oleksandr, who according to his mother has only days to live.

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