as the attacks on ukraine intensify, how do the children cope growing up underfire? at 12 years old, lera has been learning to walk again, after the blast that shattered one of her legs and burned the other very badly. passing over the holes left by shrapnel. ..lera points out where she and herfriend, kseniya, came that morning to sell bracelets they d made themselves. she didn t hear the air raid siren. missile whooshes. the russian missile smashed right into the heart of chernihiv. it was a hot holiday weekend and the streets were crowded. seven people were killed that day, including a child, and dozens were injured. but the missile exploded just metres away from here. ..its shards slicing into buildings and people all around. when russian troops invaded ukraine in 2022, they never took chernihiv but they did occupy much of this northern region. the ruins are a reminder of the weeks when the city was under siege and under constant fire. the russians were eventually forced
at 12 years old, lera has been learning to walk again, after the blast that shattered one of her legs and burned the other very badly. passing over the holes left by shrapnel. ..lera points out where she and herfriend, kseniya, came that morning to sell bracelets they d made themselves. she didn t hear the air raid siren. missile whooshes. the russian missile smashed right into the heart of chernihiv. it was a hot holiday weekend and the streets were crowded. seven people were killed that day, including a child, and dozens were injured. but the missile exploded just metres away from here. ..its shards slicing into buildings and people all around. when russian troops invaded ukraine in 2022, they never took chernihiv but they did occupy much of this northern region. the ruins are a reminder of the weeks when the city was under siege and under constant fire. the russians were eventually forced to retreat, and life slowly returned to the streets. then, last august, the city th
doing these things here. it works. daniel struggled to settle here at first. he thinks other children don t get what he s going through. at the very start of the war, daniel and his mum fled even further west, joining a giant wave of refugees to europe. they came back, partly
keeping things normal when nothing around them is. air-raid siren. when the siren wails here in the west, there s no rush for the bunker. instead, daniel s mum checks an app on her phone. so, erm.
it s not dangerous for our region now. the threat is far away from here. ..in the east, like daniel s dad. lera still loves making jewellery, especially now she s stuck at home, as her leg heals from multiple operations. she s not been to school for months, and she s bored and frustrated, so focusing on something like this is a help.