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Ros Russell

Sleepless and silent — Ukraine’s children traumatised by war

Children pass through Przemysl train station after fleeing from war-torn Ukraine on April 3, 2022

(Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

When Nastya’s seven-year-old son Arian stopped sleeping, she knew she had to get him out of Ukraine.

“He was asking to stay in the basement all the time and not go up to the apartment because he was so scared,” says Nastya, 30.

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