A doctor at a children's hospital in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, said in an interview with NHK, "Many children have been evacuated to the basement of the hospital and treated while hearing the bombing sound. If this situation continues, children such as cancer I'm worried about the worsening of our illness. "

Dr. Resia Ricica, who specializes in treating eye cancer at a children's hospital in Kyiv, is evacuating to the hospital with her husband and two daughters to treat children with cancer.



"Every day, some children are anxious and have panic attacks because of the constant sound of bombing," she said.

As of the end of last month, about 200 children were hospitalized in the hospital, and many are still evacuated underground and receiving medical treatment.



Most of the children will then be transferred to hospitals in western Ukraine for transport to medical institutions such as Poland, but Dr. Risica said, "Some children cannot evacuate because they cannot interrupt treatment. The burden is heavy, and if the situation lasts for a long time, I am worried that the illness will worsen. "

Many residents start evacuating in Irpin

In Irpin, about 20 kilometers west of the center of the capital Kyiv, many residents have begun to evacuate due to a series of attacks by Russian troops.



Many people left the city just beside the destroyed bridge for seven days, some of them walking with a stick and some with tears in their eyes.



An old man from Crimea accused the military invasion of "all homes were bombarded, a woman and a 13-year-old child died. It's very scary. It's war, fascism, genocide." did.



A woman with a young child said, "Yesterday's bombing was the most intense so far. The light and sound of the bombing was so terrifying that the entire building shook. The man who took me to the car when evacuating was a family member. Was said to have been killed. "



In addition, a man who has lived in Ukraine for seven years said, "I'm afraid of tomorrow now. There is family, work, and all of our lives here. What will happen in the future? Where are we going? I don't know what to do, "he said, anxious about the uncertain situation.