This Tuesday, the European Parliament heard the story of Roman Oleksiv, an eleven-year-old Ukrainian boy who He survived a Russian missile attack on a hospital in Vinnytsia on July 13, 2022. The bombing caused the death of 24 people … and left more than 200 people injured. Among the victims was his mother, Halyna Halina.
Roman told Parliament that the two were at a clinic in the city that day when three missiles hit the building. “It was the last time I saw my mother and the last time I could say goodbye to her,” he told deputies. The miner said that when he found his mother after the explosion, he noticed that his mother was trapped under the rubble. A large part of Parliament began to cry, including its own translator who could not hold back her tears.
Despite severe burns that affected 45% of his body, some of them extremely severe, Roman managed to move to a safer location before losing consciousness. Afterwards He spent 100 days in a coma and underwent 36 surgeries. and required nearly three years of intensive rehabilitation to recover.
His intervention was made during the presentation of a documentary focusing on the consequences of the war on Ukrainian children. Roman, who continues to study and dedicate himself to music and dance, concluded his statement with a message to European authorities: “Never give up. “Together we are strong.”
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