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Daily Mirror
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Jack Clover

Ukrainian children already fighting cancer now also fighting to survive Putin's bombs

Hooked up to drugs that keep him alive, 11-year-old Yaroslav Mayorov is facing two terrifying deadly threats as he shelters from the war in a hospital basement.

Putin’s bombs and cancer.

And he is not alone. There are 27 other traumatised children here, battling killer illnesses underground as explosions rock the blitzed city of Kharkiv above their heads.

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