From our special correspondent in Kyiv – One year on from the Russian invasion, Ukraine is in a state of mental health crisis as the war’s horrors have traumatised combatants and civilians alike, leaving doctors with the task of putting their shattered psyches back together.
A mother and son embraced in the car park outside a imposing Soviet-style building, sprinkled with snow amid pine forests on the outskirts of Kyiv. The Veterans’ Mental Health and Rehabilitation Centre; housing 200 patients, offers much-needed expertise amid the ravages of the war.
