Emotional trauma piles up for Ukraine's children three years after invasion


Pupils leave the shelter of their school where they attended class during a ballistic missile threat, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at an elementary school, in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 6, 2025. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo

KYIV (Reuters) - As the air raid siren sounded for a ballistic missile threat in Kyiv, dozens of eight-year-old children descended into their primary school's basement with pencils and textbooks to continue class.

Within moments the bomb shelter was teeming as one group of children practiced cursive writing, another one set about reading and a dance class erupted in the middle of the room.

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