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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lorenzo Tondo in Lviv

‘They draw bombs, tanks and wishes for peace’: Ukraine’s child mental health crisis

Two young Ukrainian brothers at the temporary assistance point for refugees in Poland
Two young Ukrainian brothers at the temporary assistance point for refugees in Poland Photograph: Alessio Mamo/The Guardian

Two days after Russian forces entered Ukraine, on 26 February, the country’s public military administration requested that a psychological support system be put in place at Lviv train station.

Thousands of women and children were passing through the station, 80km (50 miles) from the border with Poland, and the need for doctors and psychiatrists to support the displaced was immediately clear.

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