From hell to solidarity: a pivotal week for Ukraine


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At 9.52am local time last Monday, air raid sirens sounded in Kyiv. The city's residents have become accustomed to the daily warning of incoming Russian missile and drone attacks. But Monday's attacks were set to be one of the heaviest on the capital since the start of the war. Staff at the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital, the largest in Ukraine, took no chances. They quickly began to evacuate more than 600 children to the hospital’s bomb shelter. That meant moving children connected to drips, others on dialysis and in intensive care down staircases. At the facility, three heart surgeries were also...