""We don't have a bomb shelter near our house, so we were just sitting on the floor in the corridor all night," Katia said."
""Right now, it's too slippery to go out - the roads are covered in ice - and we also have bad nights of shelling," Katia said in an interview earlier this month."
""Hopefully, the war in Israel is over soon," Sarah, 16, said. "My parents abandoned me when I was 5. I feel for the children who lost their parents in this war in Ukraine. One day, I hope to become a teacher here and help Ukrainian children learn.""
A family lacks a nearby bomb shelter and spent nights sitting on the corridor floor. After losing their mother, a child named Yulia spent hours playing Roblox; the family enrolled her in aikido classes to reduce screen time. Icy roads and frequent nights of shelling restrict outdoor activities. The Chabad-run Mishpacha Children's Home in Odesa provides care for Jewish orphans, teaches Hebrew, observes Shabbat customs, mediates disputes, and houses children as siblings. Two young children, ages 2 and 4, experienced their father nearly killing their mother after returning from the front. Sarah, 16, was abandoned at five, hopes the war ends, and aspires to teach. Ilya Matviyenko was ten when shelling mortally wounded his mother in Mariupol; both were badly wounded, and he now lives in Uzhhorod.
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