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Wounded children recovering after escape from besieged Ukrainian city

Two 11-year-old kids, Milana and Sasha, who were wounded during the shelling of Mariupol, sit in a bed in the children's ward of the hospital, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, March 29, 2022. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Eleven-year-old Milena Uralova remembers being knocked unconscious and waking up to see her mother Yelena weeping after she was wounded while the family was escaping from the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol two weeks ago.

Now recovering in the relative safety of a childrens' hospital in Zaporizhzhia, some 200 km (124 miles) away, she recounts the incident calmly, a bright green line on the side of her face and neck marking the area where doctors have treated her wounds.

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