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Many terrible things have happened to hospitals, buildings and even nuclear power plants. Millions of women and children have left Ukraine for the safety of staying in Poland, Romania, Germany, Hungary, France and Great Britain. There is a great problem for those people to have places to live, be warm, have food and medical care and live without the fathers, husbands, uncles and other men who stayed behind to fight against the Russian invaders. At the same time, many of the Russian soldiers did not know that they were going to fight their neighboring country and kill Ukrainian people. Many were captured and said they were very upset to find themselves doing terrible things that they did not want to do. Many Russian soldiers had Ukrainian cousins and friends and were deeply pained to be given orders to kill them. They suffered what is called “moral injury , ” a wound of the mind. All of these terrible troubles will take a long time to overcome. Many buildings have been destroyed. Many lives have ended and many families have been torn apart.
This book is to help you think about all this and get stronger, even though you have lived through terrible times.
Some History That Middle- and High-School Children Should Learn That Connects to the Present War in Ukraine Ukraine is a very ancient country. It is big, the second-largest country in Europe. Ukrainians have existed, in what is now recognized as Europe, for thousands of years and have had a distinctive culture, history, language and beliefs, despite being dominated by other countries over many centuries. In the 18 th and 19 th centuries, Ukraine was part of the various Russian Empires, and in 1917 when the Russian Revolution uprooted the Russian Empire, Ukraine became the second- largest of the Soviet Republics. In 1990, as the Soviet Union dissolved, Ukraine declared its independence and established its own government. Russia also was re- established at that time.
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