Veronik, a 12-year-old girl who also lives in Avadivka with her family, said in an interview with Swiss news agency The New Humanitarian that the war has changed people in the conflict zone. Negative, negative and irritable. "Before these conflicts were only for adults,
But now the children here are also affected." Veronica popular database said. Veronica's feelings accurately reflect the current situation of the people of the Udon region. According to UNICEF estimates , 60% of all residents in eastern Ukraine in need of assistance are women and children.
Difficulties in life, economic decline and lack of job opportunities brought about by the ongoing armed conflict have left young people with little hope for the future, some even starting to drink heavily in their teens. For many inhabitants of conflict zones, the war has brought nothing but killing and costing them everything.