Ukraine war: Children in Mariupol ‘drank rainwater from puddles’

Ukraine war: Children in Mariupol ‘drank rainwater from puddles’

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By Jayne Morgan
BBC Wales Investigates Media caption, Nataliia Roberts is attempting to aid a youth buddy Hearing how her finest pal’s kids were drinking rainwater from puddles to makeitthrough the war in Ukraine is why Nataliia Roberts desires her in the UK. Yuliia and her 3 children utilized to run out of their basement shelter in the besieged city of Mariupol after it’d drizzled as they were so thirsty. It wasn’t simply the essentials of water and food, there was no toilet, shower or electricalenergy in their sanctuary from bombs. Nataliia now desires her youth goodfriend with her in the sanctuary of Wales. “We had a little bowl [of soup] for 3 kids when per day,” discussed Yuliia. “And one glass of water for 3 kids to tidy themselves.” After her house was ruined by Russian bombs, Yuliia and her children – aged 11, 6 and 3 – had to discover sanctuary in a common basement which used some shelter however she hardly had any food to feed the kids. “The kids were asking for food so much, that’s why she attempted to feed them at bed time, so they felt complete priorto bed,” stated concerned pal Nataliia, seeing on from her house in north Wales. Image source, Yuliia Image caption, Two of Yuliia’s kids get some escapism as they watch a video on their mum’s phone in their underground bunker “When it began to rain veryfirst of all they were able to beverage from the puddle and that water was so, so, delicious. Then they discovered some pans to fill with water.” Yuliia ultimately had to leave her kids hiding as she went to appearance for fresh water. Image source, Yuliia Image caption, Yuliia and her household were gladly takingpleasurein life simply months ago “There was a well 3 kilometres [two miles] away. I had to run there under shooting, under bombs,” Yuliia remembers in a video journal for the BBC Wales Investigates program. And when her middle child endedupbeing weak, there were no medications. Image caption, The port city of Mariupol hasactually been surrounded by Russian soldiers because the start of March Image source, Yuliia Image caption, Yuliia had to take haven in an underground bunker after the
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