Sashko Radchuk was only 11 when a shell fragment pierced his left eye. 'It's burning! It's burning!' he screamed as he stood by a makeshift outdoor stove, on which he and his mother had been forced to cook, in a city without electricity, running water or gas.It was late March 2022 in the industrial city of , only 35 miles from the Russian border, and the 400,000 residents had been taking the full brunt of 's bombardment since February.Russian forces were levelling the city with no regard for civilian lives. Like so many others, Sashko's family had been unable to flee in time. As the half-blinded Sashko ran inside to his mother Snizhana, who desperately tried to comfort her crying child, she knew she had to act quickly.
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