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Ukrainain kids with cancer evacuating to Poland

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LVIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 30: Oksana Besidovska (31) praying before departure to Poland with her daughter Evgeniya (9) and sister Marina (20) at their hospital room on March 30, 2022 in Lviv, Ukraine. Dozens of sick kids and their relatives were moved to the different hospitals around European Union under the evacuation program. In new places, they continue their treatment.(Photo by Serhii Korovayny for The Washington Post)

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LVIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 30: Sick kids with their relatives gather in the hall of Lviv Regional Children's Specialized Clinical Hospital before their departure to Poland on March 30, 2022 in Lviv, Ukraine. Dozens of sick kids and their relatives were moved to the different hospitals around European Union under the evacuation program. In new places, they continue their treatment.(Photo by Serhii Korovayny for The Washington Post)

LVIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 30: Sick kids with their relatives are waiting in buses near the Lviv Regional Children's Specialized Clinical Hospital before their departure to Poland on March 30, 2022 in Lviv, Ukraine. Dozens of sick kids and their relatives were moved to the different hospitals around European Union under the evacuation program. In new places, they continue their treatment.(Photo by Serhii Korovayny for The Washington Post)

LVIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 30: Sick kid getting into the ambulance near the Lviv Regional Children's Specialized Clinical Hospital before their departure to Poland on March 30, 2022 in Lviv, Ukraine. Dozens of sick kids and their relatives were moved to the different hospitals around European Union under the evacuation program. In new places, they continue their treatment.(Photo by Serhii Korovayny for The Washington Post)

LVIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 30: Sick kids with their relatives sitting in a bus which goes to Poland in the column with other buses and Polish and Ukrainian ambulances. on March 30, 2022 in Lviv, Ukraine. Dozens of sick kids and their relatives were moved to the different hospitals around European Union under the evacuation program. In new places, they continue their treatment.(Photo by Serhii Korovayny for The Washington Post)

LVIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 30: Oksana Besidovska (31) with her daughter Evgeniya (9) sitting in a bus which goes to Poland in the column with other buses and Polish and Ukrainian ambulances. on March 30, 2022 in Lviv, Ukraine. Dozens of sick kids and their relatives were moved to the different hospitals around European Union under the evacuation program. In new places, they continue their treatment.(Photo by Serhii Korovayny for The Washington Post)

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SHEGINI, UKRAINE - MARCH 30: A column with Ukrainian and Polish ambulances staying at the Ukrainian-Polish border before crossing. on March 30, 2022 in Shegini, Ukraine. Dozens of sick kids and their relatives were moved to the different hospitals around European Union under the evacuation program. In new places, they continue their treatment.(Photo by Serhii Korovayny for The Washington Post)

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Ukrainain kids with cancer evacuating to Poland

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Updated Apr 2022

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Dozens of sick kids with relatives from all over Ukraine have to flee from the war to continue treatment. Oksana Besidovska and her daughter Eugenia are among them. They traveled from Sumy through Lviv all the way to Poland and beyond.
Strong story by Steve Hendrix with pictures from the Polish side by amazing Oksana Parafeniuk and my ones from Ukraine for Washington Post.

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