“Grief camps” help Ukrainian children face the loss of parents
Vladimir Putin’s war has created a generation of orphans
YURI NECHIPORENKO couldn’t see much of the soldier who killed his father: just the eyes and nose through the balaclava. Father Ruslan, 47, and son Yuri, then 15, had cycled down Tarasovskaya Street in Bucha to check out a rumour that humanitarian aid had arrived in the famished satellite town north of Kyiv. The soldier stopped them and asked what they were doing. Hands aloft to show they were not carrying weapons, they tried to explain, but he started shooting. Ruslan fell to the ground. Yuri, shot through his arm, fell too. Two more bullets skimmed his crown, passing through his hoodie. The boy hugged the ground, playing dead, while the blood of his dying father trickled against his body. He ran when he saw the soldier had left.
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This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Ice cream in heaven”
Europe December 9th 2023
- Southern Europe’s employment boom is not strong enough
- A mining project revives a dying Bosnian town
- French fighter jets join the Baltic mission
- Armenia is turning against its erstwhile guardian, Russia
- “Grief camps” help Ukrainian children face the loss of parents
- In Europe, green policies rule while green politicians struggle
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