Up to 10,000 Ukrainian orphans are in desperate need of evacuation from Kyiv, as Russia’s President Vladimir Putin continues his shelling of Ukraine.
Hope and Home aide Daria, 40, shared how carers tried to protect children from Russian attacks.
She told The Mirror: ‘When the first rockets fell it was a massive shock. We said, “Children, today your life changes. Rockets could fly in at any moment, soldiers could walk through the door”.‘We told them, “A war has begun, we must be nice to each other, we shouldn’t argue”. We told them make sure you finish every morsel because we don’t know when the next delivery of food will come.
‘On the third night we heard bombs nearby. I walk into the dorm and say “children, explosions” and they quickly and orderly go to the basement.’
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