A grandmother talks about her sadness after losing her son, daughter-in-law, and three grandchildren at once.
John Sparks, Ukraine International Correspondent
In countries like Ukraine, where entire cities have been slammed into the ground, the human impact is so widespread that it often overwhelms journalists’ ability to explain it.
Instead, we rely on numbers – for example, the UN Human Rights Observatory in Ukraine reports that 10,582 civilians have been killed since Russia launched its full-scale offensive.
Citing statistics from the Ukrainian President’s Office, 529 children have died as a result of the fighting since February 2022.
But in Kharkiv, I was confronted with the very raw and devastating consequences of this conflict, and the hidden meaning behind these numbers became painfully clear.
This is the story of Tetiana, a grandmother who lost her son, daughter-in-law, and three grandchildren all at once in one terrible night.
Read my full report here…