"It takes time for children to process their experiences, sometimes years," said Olena Rozvadovska, emphasizing the long-lasting impact of the war on children's mental health in Ukraine.
"We didn't know how to work with children in a war zone, as Ukraine had never experienced something like this before in our lifetime," Rozvadovska reflected on the challenges faced in 2014.
"When I came to Slovyansk in 2015, pro-Russian rebels were squeezed into Donetsk. It was relatively safe there because the big missiles and ground rockets couldn't reach that far," Rozvadovska described the situation.
"Life in Slovyansk and Mariupol started to feel relatively normal again, as long as one steered clear of the front line," she noted about the temporary stabilization in the region.
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