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The heartrending tales that show the true cost of Putin's war against Ukraine

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A Ukrainian soldier stands near the front line in eastern Ukraine while a woman prays on Kyiv's Independence Square. (PHOTO: Getty Images/ Alamy/ AFP)
A Ukrainian soldier stands near the front line in eastern Ukraine while a woman prays on Kyiv's Independence Square. (PHOTO: Getty Images/ Alamy/ AFP)

A handful of doctors cradle newborns in a makeshift bomb shelter. The infants are from a neonatal intensive care unit at a children’s hospital in Dnipro in eastern Ukraine which was evacuated when missiles started raining down on the city.

Babies swaddled in blankets lie on rough-and-ready beds, some with oxygen tanks and heart monitors beside them, and hospital staff are doing what they can to keep the little ones alive as all hell breaks loose outside.

This is just one of the harrowing scenes to have emerged from Ukraine since Russian president Vladimir Putin made good on his promise and invaded the country that’s long been a thorn in his side.

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