Nataliia Nychai

Mar 14, 2024 | ukraine.un.org | Antoine Vallas |Nataliia Nychai

It’s 10:15 am at Velyka Mykhailivka’s primary school, in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, where around 100 young faces aged six to ten are lining up at the canteen to receive their daily meal. The smell of pea soup wafting from the kitchen makes it hard to stay still and respect teachers’ orders to wash hands before sitting down. Over the past week, this village has witnessed seven air raid alarms lasting nearly eight hours in total.