Bloody mother clutches her dying child’s scarf as paramedics desperately try to save her – World News

Shocking images capture the heartbreak and horror of the plight facing Ukrainians since Russia invaded the country on Thursday

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Image of a bloody mother clutching the scarf of her dying child as paramedics try to save a girl who was severely injured in a Russian air strike.
Terrifying images show the distraught mother, crying, standing outside the ambulance.
Inside the ambulance, her unnamed child is being treated.
Shocking images capture the heartbreak and horror of the situation Ukrainians have faced since Russia invaded the country on Thursday.
The heartbroken mother was wearing a bloody white beanie and clutching her turtleneck sweater to her mouth as she waited outside the car, a girl’s pink scarf in one hand.
Her face contorted in pain while inside the ambulance, a doctor could be seen bending over a stretcher holding a child in unicorn pajamas.
Another child, Polina A 4th grader, from Kyiv, was traveling in a car with her family and siblings when they were attacked by a group of Russian reconnaissance and saboteurs.
The girl is in her final year of primary school but is now counted among at least 14 children believed to have been killed since Russia invaded Ukraine on Thursday.
Kyiv deputy mayor Volodymyr Bondarenko said in a Facebook post that Polina’s brother is being treated at the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital.
He added that her sister was in intensive care at the second hospital.
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He said: “Her name is Polina. She studied in grade 4 at a school in Kyiv.
“This morning on Teligi, she and her parents were shot by the Russian DRG.”
In the same post, he begs people to stay at home unless absolutely necessary.
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This comes as fierce fighting continues across Ukraine, centered around their cities such as Kharkiv, which suffered a deadly missile attack that left dozens dead and hundreds more. injured person.
Vladimir Putin has ordered part of his nuclear force to increase combat duty amid alarming escalation of tensions.
The order was issued after multiple rockets landed on a built-up civilian area in Kharkiv, killing dozens of people.
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At the same time that violence was escalating, a delegation of Ukraine and Russia sat down on the Belarussian border for talks.
It comes after Britain’s defense secretary warned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was likely to turn “more violent” as Putin’s army fell behind schedule.
This morning, it was reported that 4,500 Russian soldiers have been killed and 16 Ukrainian children have been killed in the invasion so far.
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