War in Ukraine: The hospital that helps children reunite the pieces of their lives

His savagery war has broken up many Ukrainian families. Many children have lost one or both of their parents. Survivors try to find a way to explain what happened to them.

At his largest children’s hospital Kiev, “Ohmatdyt”, Milana Basinski was a happy 6-year-old who played with toys and a tablet as she recovered from bad injuries to her legs. She had to have skin grafts. But every day she painted a picture of her mother, said her father, Alexei. Diana Basinska died in the same attack with a rocket that injured her daughter.

“The first rocket hit a neighbor’s house, so we tried to hide in the interior of our house,” Mr Basinski told the British newspaper. The Times. “The second rocket hit not only the house but the room we were in. He went straight in. It was 11 in the morning. ” Mrs Basinska, 30, was killed instantly.

According to the report, as in previous wars, Russian fire often does not distinguish between military and political targets. Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, the Ukrainians have been complaining that the Russians are beating civilians to terrorize them.

The Basinski family was living with Mrs. Basinska’s aunt in the village of Moshun when the Russians attacked at the beginning of the war. Moscow is located just north of Kiev, on the route from Belarus to Hostomel Airport – one of Moscow’s first targets.

The artillery was part of the battle and the targets included villages such as Mosoun, three miles from the airport. There should be no immediate danger there. “It was very quiet that day,” Basinski said. “It all happened very suddenly.” It was a miracle that his son, Costia, nine, and he himself suffered nothing, he said. Mrs. Basinska’s aunt lost her leg.

Bova and the death of his father

13-year-old Bova with his face tied, has become one of the images of war. Bova described how his parents’ car came under fire two days after the start of the war as they tried to leave Kyiv. They were shot repeatedly from behind, he said. “I remember being dragged out of my legs,” he said. “The next thing I remember is that I was here.”

What he did not know for several days was that his father had been left behind, dead at the wheel of their car. His mother, Natalia Karavanska, 34, did not know how to tell him. Bova has a broken jaw and his legs full of stitches, while he still has them
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Doctors prepare for the worst

The bombing of Kiev is, so far, mild compared to those of cities such as Kharkov and Mariupol. Valerie Bovkun, the surgeon who treated Milan, said he and his colleagues were using the time they had to prepare for the possible attack if Russia resorted to relentless bombing of residential areas.

In recent days, in the early morning hours, apartment buildings in Kyiv have been hit with tragic losses. Bowkun stressed that they receive instructions from surgeons with experience in wars abroad on how to deal with massive losses. It is far from the usual hospital experience, which focuses on childhood diseases and cancers.