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
angelina s whole neighbourhood is in tatters. this was daniel s home, too. his family don t think it s safe to return yet but angelina s had no alternative. but russian forces never stopped attacking kharkiv, and are getting closer again. air-raid siren. angelina sings. angelina dreams of being a singer one day. if vladimir putin hadn t invaded, she d be here by now at her neighbourhood school.
angelina sings. angelina dreams of being a singer one day. if vladimir putin hadn t invaded, she d be here by now at her neighbourhood school. but the russians don t seem to care what they hit. angelina sings. angelina s old kindergarten is in ruins, too. it was shut for safety, like all schools in kharkiv, at the start of the war. angelina barely remembers it here. before the invasion, there was covid.