[5280] Ukraine war: Children's lives are upended as conflict rages |
- 日時: 2022/04/19 18:59
- 名前: James Sprag
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- <h1 id="main-heading" class="ssrcss-15xko80-StyledHeading e1fj1fc10" tabindex="-1">Ukraine war: Children's lives are upended as conflict rages</h1>
<div class="ssrcss-vk3nhx-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i810" data-component="image-block"> <figure class="ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23"> <div class="ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21"><span class="ssrcss-1hq4gmv-Placeholder e16icw910"><img class="ssrcss-1drmwog-Image ee0ct7c0" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/14FBE/production/_124205958_eliseifuneral.jpg" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/14FBE/production/_124205958_eliseifuneral.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/14FBE/production/_124205958_eliseifuneral.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/14FBE/production/_124205958_eliseifuneral.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/14FBE/production/_124205958_eliseifuneral.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/14FBE/production/_124205958_eliseifuneral.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/14FBE/production/_124205958_eliseifuneral.jpg 976w" alt="The funeral of Elisei Ryabukon" width="976" height="549" /></span></div> <figcaption class="ssrcss-name08-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22"><span class="visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0">Image caption,</span> <div class="ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260">Mourners gather for the funeral of Elisei Ryabukon</div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86" data-component="text-block"> <div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"> <p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00"><strong class="ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3">Evhen Ryabukon patted the coffin gently, and appeared to be having a final conversation with his son. He broke down, over and over again, before he could finish.</strong></p> </div> </div> <div class="ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86" data-component="text-block"> <div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"> <p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">His wife Inna, steeling herself, adjusted the framed photo of a smiling, young boy placed on the coffin - a mother's last act of care.</p> </div> </div> <div class="ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86" data-component="text-block"> <div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"> <p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">The boy was Elisei Ryabukon. He would have been 14 in May.</p> </div> </div> <div class="ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86" data-component="text-block"> <div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"> <p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Just over a month after he was killed in firing by Russian soldiers, his family, friends, neighbours and classmates gathered at a church in the city of Brovary in the east of Kyiv, to say goodbye to this much loved child from Peremoha village. A community that had been scattered by war, came together in grief.</p> </div> </div> <div class="ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86" data-component="text-block"> <div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"> <p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Elisei was remembered as honest, humble and helpful, a boy who didn't like to fight and who refused to play aggressive sport.</p> </div> </div> <div class="ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86" data-component="text-block"> <div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"> <p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Inna, Elisei and her younger son were stuck in Peremoha when the fighting started.</p> </div> </div> <div id="piano-inline1"> </div> <div class="ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86" data-component="text-block"> <div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"> <p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">"On 11 March, the Russians gave us permission to leave. They even waved us goodbye and wished us luck. Then when we were crossing a field, they started firing at us from every direction," Inna said.</p> </div> </div> <div class="ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86" data-component="text-block"> <div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"> <p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">There were five cars in the convoy of vehicles evacuating. Elisei was in the second car, in which no one survived.</p> </div> </div> <div class="ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86" data-component="text-block"> <div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"> <p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">"I crawled through the field and saved my three-year-old son by dragging him by the hood of his jacket. The fact that any of us made it out alive was pure luck," she said.</p> </div> </div> <div class="ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86" data-component="text-block"> <div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"> <p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">She says her younger child is the only reason she's able to carry on. She's filed a complaint with the police and wants justice for Elisei's killing.</p> </div> </div> <div class="ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86" data-component="text-block"> <div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"> <p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">"I want the world to know about the crimes of Russia. I want every victim to be counted. I want Russia to be held accountable for the people, children and women, they have killed on our land," she said.</p> </div> </div> <div class="ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i810" data-component="image-block"> <figure class="ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23"> <div class="ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21"><span class="ssrcss-1hq4gmv-Placeholder e16icw910"><img class="ssrcss-1drmwog-Image ee0ct7c0" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/6946/production/_124205962_evhenandinnaryabukon.jpg" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/6946/production/_124205962_evhenandinnaryabukon.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/6946/production/_124205962_evhenandinnaryabukon.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/6946/production/_124205962_evhenandinnaryabukon.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/6946/production/_124205962_evhenandinnaryabukon.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/6946/production/_124205962_evhenandinnaryabukon.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/6946/production/_124205962_evhenandinnaryabukon.jpg 976w" alt="Evhen and Inna Ryabukon at the funeral of their son" width="976" height="549" /></span></div> <figcaption class="ssrcss-name08-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22"><span class="visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0">Image caption,</span> <div class="ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260">Evhen and Inna Ryabukon buried their son a month after he was killed by Russian troops near Kyiv</div>
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