Born into war, Ukraine toddlers adjust as conflict nears 1,000 days


  • World
  • Friday, 15 Nov 2024

Yevhen Stepanenko, 2-years-old, looks on at home, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Bucha in Kyiv region, Ukraine November 7, 2024. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

BUCHA, Ukraine (Reuters) - On her way to hospital to give birth to her fourth child nearly three years ago, Ukrainian Liudmyla Rodchenko said she saw the bodies of civilians strewn along the street covered by blankets.

A day after Yevhen Stepanenko was born, a Russian tank was parked outside the clinic - kept running at the time by a diesel generator and water supplied from two fire trucks parked nearby.

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