A woman from the Ukranian town of Stryzhavka, Ksenia Didukh, 83, miraculously came back to life after she was declared dead by both paramedics and police. Didukh's family had started preparing for her funeral, when the retired nurse began to show signs of life. "I have been working as a doctor for 20 years, but I have not seen anything like this," said Dr Tetyana Katylova, the medical officer at the Vinnytsia regional hospital.

When the octogenarian was asked about what she saw when she was in deep coma, she said, "The Kingdom of Heaven. I called for my father! I wanted to ask if it was easy for him there. I thought we would meet, I already felt him. But I opened my eyes and standing above me were these people dressed in white. I thought they were angels, but they were actually doctors. I myself worked as a nurse, saved people and, apparently, God had mercy on me."