Ukraine’s children adapt to survive Russia’s invasion | BBC News
since Russia launched its fullscale invasion of Ukraine almost 2,000 children have been injured or killed but the suffering is not only physical child psychologists report a catastrophic surge in young people across the country struggling with symptoms that include panic attacks and depression our Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah reinford reports on Ukraine’s children growing up under Fire Angelina lives in the ruin of a war that’s transformed her childhood her kindergarten was destroyed in Russian shelling and the 8-year-old’s head is full of memories from when Russian forces first tried to take har it was very scary when I was in the basement I thought when will it all end there were Rockets flying it was frightening and there was a plane that flew over us Angelina’s family fled then through all this desperate for safety but they came back last year because this is home despite everything her mom shows me the shrapnel marks in the kitchen and now Russia is attacking again if they start bombing then I tell Mommy that I’ll go into into the corridor and she sits with me I think at least the corridor will survive an explosion har is just a few miles from the Russian border and it’s a nervous place again but Ukraine’s children are growing up under Fire right across the country lra’s leg was shattered in a missile attack on her City last summer she is gradually healing physically at first I was really scared afraid of every little noise I’m not scared like that anymore but if they say there’s a missile heading for chhiv then I just go crazy it’s [Music] awful almost 2,000 children have been injured and killed since Vladimir Putin’s fullscale Invasion but not all the pain is visible we witness a catastrophic amount of children who started turning to us with different unpleasant symptoms do you think that there’s enough help for all the children who need it to be honest we have a very long queue we really do fera it’s the loss of her brother that’s hit hardest Sasha was killed on the front line line I used to look for his face in every person who passed on the street I don’t believe it even now then her sister produces Sasha’s last message Sasha sending his love from the front line the blue was Lara has not heard his voice since he died children are learning to live with the blackouts the loss and the loneliness and with the worry that there may yet be worse to come these school holidays are just a little bit strange but when I ask Angelina what she wants most she wants this war to end Sarah rainford BBC News
Close to 2,000 children have been injured or killed in Ukraine since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion.
Child psychologists report a “catastrophic” surge in young people across the country struggling with symptoms that include panic attacks and depression.
Right across Ukraine, young people are experiencing loss, fear and anxiety. An increasing number struggle to sleep, have panic attacks or flashbacks.
Russian troops have recently crossed the border in a surprise offensive, taking new ground, and missile attacks on the city of Kharkiv have also increased.
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Imagine kids in Gaza!
At least Ukranians have places to flee to.
No one goes to god before receiving the devil title mj stuck in the metal Jurassic park kidney of Afghanistan
600 Ukraine kids had died in the 2 year war while 14k kids killed in Gaza since October
The khazarian nazi clown Zelensky will try to escape to Israel, the Orthodox Ukrainians should be ready to arrest him.
Remember the Cookie Monster Victoria Nuland on the the streets of Kiev in 2014 handing out cookies to Neo Nazis to illegally overthrow the Democratically Elected Government.
More then 15,000 children killed in Gaza.
Zelensky is to blame for this.
Now they know how Palestinians feel for 7600 years
and what are you talking about about the children of Lugansk and Donetsk? take a report on how Ukraine shelled the Zugres beach and about the Gorlovka Madonna, who died as a result of shelling of civilians by Ukrainians.
Double standard what about Palestinian children's
This war was avoidable, most people should know that.
why ignoring the PALESTINIAN children killed more than 10000.
When I was in (former) Yugoslavia during the war (I was a civilian contractor, driving heavy haul trucks), their was one thing that struck me in the heart the hardest, and that was the amount of orphans that came up to me begging for anything. Food, toys, clothes, or anything they could sell for a good price, like cigarettes, condoms and liquor.
What hit me the hardest were the ones with recent lost limbs, hands, arms, and legs.
Faces sometimes blown apart. This was from collecting copper and brass shell casings, to sell for scrap. Sometimes they would pick up a live one, or step on a landmine.
I saw an orphaned 9-year-old taking care of her 5 year old brother and 2-year-old toddler sister.
But what else were they going to do? They just had to keep on, keeping on.
The resilience of these children, just left me in awe.
I wanted to take them all home with me, and give them a proper life. But there was nothing I could really do.😢
what about the children of Gaza? BBC
Nothing about the children of the Donbas region who have had to survive attacks from Ukraine? Do they not count or do they not fit the propaganda BBC?
lol where’s the BBC’s report on the children of Gaza having white phosphorus dumped on their heads at the hands of Israel?
Ini semua dosa Putin. Kenapa Makamah Internasional menutup mata atas fakta ini.
Its horrible to see what Boris Johnson has done to these children.
Ah, the old ‘little children’ tactic , Cue the soft piano music…..
More than 75 years Palestinains grew-up under fire from the a disgusted enemy(Jews) so that incident deserves to report it.
Some of these comments are seriously annoying. They're like "oH wHy DoNt YoU tAlK aBoUt PaLeStInIaN cHiLdReN"
NOBODY'S IGNORING PALESTINE. THERE ARE MULTIPLE VIDEOS ON THE HUMANITARIAN CRIMES HAPPENING IN PALESTINE.
These children, as the children in Palestine, are ALL suffering. They all need support, help, and aid. Why don't you stop commenting how people are "ignoring Palestine" and instead understand that Ukrainian children and Palestinian children both need help and international attention? They've all been through so much, and it's heartless for people to disregard one group's suffering. This video is about UKRAINE and another will be about PALESTINE. Please, people, try to bring both issues up, not just bring one down to try to raise the other.
Fake
BBC ‘interested’ in the children again…
Some things never change, huh? 😂
Happy now,EMMANUEL Macron ???
Isn't the west of Ukraine rather safe? Why not move all children to the western part?
…… they csme back ???
According to the channel’s authors, the lives of Ukrainian children are more valuable than the lives of Palestinian children.
It is awful. 2000 children killed or hurt by Russia. Over 10000 children killed by Israel and many more hurt. How can we let this happen?
What about immigrants childrens in England
Why no documentary on Gaza children ? Oh we know Israelis won't let it
Where is the video called Gazas children ?
They are a bunch of hypocrites in England and we would have the same problem in the UK as in Ukraine if the Americans had not of demanded our Good Friday agreement , Language and citizenship reforms in NI , Wales and Scotland regional Governments . There would of been open war the same as Ukraine that there was here for 30 years in the absence of agreement .
WHAT ABOUT PALESTINIAN CHILDRENS?
After months of me suggesting peace talks. Finally it might happen. Ukraine doesn't need more money or weapons. They need peace so their people and their nation can survive.
How about thousands of innocent kids in Palestine have been inhumanly massacred and are being massacred by Isreal right now? Aren’t they not the human beings who deserve to survive??
Say what you like about Putin @ least children are alive…
I want war to stop sooner.
Ukraine kids can leave the frontlines anytime. Gazan kida are trapped in a 5x25km ghetto. Russians killed far less children on a longer frontline than the IDF over the same period of time. No BBC special coverage on Gazan children yet?
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