Lviv, Ukraine – When Russia first started shelling close to the eastern Ukrainian city of Lysychansk, 11-year-old Alisa hid in the basement of her “internat” – a residential facility for orphans and children whose families cannot afford to care for them.
“I heard lots of explosions outside, and felt very scared,” she says hesitantly. “But my friends kept talking to me and helped to calm me down.” Still, she worried the shelling would last forever.
