To do their best in the toughest of circumstances. we were told oksana couldn t speak because of severe learning difficulties, but helena makes a connection. she says, in a full sentence, that her toe hurts. and then oksana spots our microphone. there s a flicker of the potential that could be unlocked. are you taking myjob, oksana? da! there is a call for these children to get more international support or the love and care of a family. but when so many ukrainians are running from war, it looks like thousands will still face lives of loss and waste, unseen and unheard. danjohnson, bbc news, in south western ukraine. meanwhile, moscow has intensified its assault on the huge azovstal steelworks in the southern port city of mariupol where at least 200 ukrainian civilians are still believed to be trapped. so far, the united nations has
This report by our correspondent danjohnson includes some distressing images. here s a sound of the war you haven t heard yet. anna s teeth grinding anxiety hints at the hidden trauma of ukraine s disabled children, this conflict s most vulnerable and least visible victims. they are nervous, disorientated and distressed. they re not treated as human beings. they re only kept alive here. and they ve been dumped in a place that can barely cope. are you certain you can give these children the care they need? ni. the director couldn t believe how their carers fled and left these children behind. translation: they were | so selfish that they ran out of here as fast as they could.
Of the country have been left by carers, fleeing the conflict. this report by our correspondent danjohnson includes some distressing images. here s a sound of the war you haven t heard yet. anna s teeth grinding anxiety hints at the hidden trauma of ukraine s disabled children, this conflict s most vulnerable and least visible victims. they are nervous, disorientated and distressed. they re not treated as human beings. they re only kept alive here. and they ve been dumped in a place that can barely cope. are you certain you can give these children the care they need? ni. the director couldn t believe how their carers fled and left these children behind. translation: they were | so selfish that they ran out of here as fast as they could. i thought they would come in here and tell us who had
But then, on the other hand, this is people trying to do their best in the toughest of circumstances. we were told oksana couldn t speak because of severe learning difficulties, but helena makes a connection. she says, in a full sentence, that her toe hurts. and then oksana spots our microphone. there s a flicker of the potential that could be unlocked. are you taking myjob, oksana? da! there is a call for these children to get more international support or the love and care of a family. but when so many ukrainians are running from war, it looks like thousands will still face lives of loss and waste, unseen and unheard. danjohnson, bbc news, in south western ukraine. meanwhile, moscow has intensified its assault on the huge azovstal steelworks in the southern port city of mariupol, where at least 200 ukrainian civilians are still believed to be trapped.
Investigators filmed at three more nearby institutions struggling with fragile young arrivals. they barely had time to give them any individual attention before the war. now they are left lying in cribs, lying in beds, tied down. total neglect. it s very dangerous. these children with disabilities are paying the price for the war. this flies in the face of any sort of international good practice in terms of the care these girls should be receiving. but then, on the other hand, this is people trying to do their best in the toughest of circumstances. we were told oksana couldn t speak because of severe learning difficulties, but helena makes a connection. she says, in a full sentence, that her toe hurts. and then oksana spots our microphone. there s a flicker of the potential that could be unlocked. are you taking myjob, oksana? da!