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It a more comfortable place for children to stay. dmitri, though, is looking forward to a time when he no longer needs to come down here. the family are now living with dmitri's grandma close by. he tells me rockets and missiles constantly fly over their apartment. but, for now, the family are safer and moving forward as best they can. west of kyiv, two hours by car, is the city of zhytomyr. the skies are loud here, too.
An hour away, we meet dmitri. his town was also occupied by russian soldiers. when the fighting started here, his family and their neighbours hid in garages on the edge of their town, hoping they might be safer. but russian shelling began. a young boy and his father in the garage next door were killed. dmitri's family had to run to find somewhere else to hide.
Constant risk of attacks from the air, and the shelter still has to be used regularly. but the teachers here have made it a more comfortable place for children to stay. dmitri, though, is looking forward to a time when he no longer needs to come down here. the family are now living with dmitri's grandma close by. he tells me rockets and missiles constantly fly over their apartment. but, for now, the family are safer and moving forward as best they can. west of kyiv, two hours by car, is the city of zhytomyr. the skies are loud here, too.
But all they can do for now is wait. an hour away, we meet dmitri. his town was also occupied by russian soldiers. when the fighting started here, his family and their neighbours hid in garages on the edge of their town, hoping they might be safer. but russian shelling began. a young boy and his father in the garage next door were killed. dmitri's family had to run to find somewhere else to hide.
An hour away, we meet dmitri. his town was also occupied by russian soldiers. when the fighting started here, his family and their neighbours hid in garages on the edge of their town, hoping they might be safer. but russian shelling began. a young boy and his father in the garage next door were killed. dmitri's family had to run to find somewhere else to hide.