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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Isobel Koshiw and Oleksiy Savchenko in Kramatorsk

Ukrainian parents hiding their children in basements in frontline cities

A mural in the frontline city of Avdiivka, south of Bakhmut.
A mural in the frontline city of Avdiivka, south of Bakhmut. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Ukrainian volunteers who have been evacuating civilians from the frontlines of the war with Russia say some parents have been hiding their children in basements to prevent them from being taken.

While parents have given different reasons, most volunteers have attributed the phenomenon to a combination of poverty and the psychological condition of the families, who have been living under bombing for months.

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