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'My hands were shaking': Young girl shares diary from the early days of the war in Ukraine

At age 12, Yeva Skalietska's diary has been adapted into a new book called "You Don't Know What War Is: The Diary of a Young Girl from Ukraine."
Yeva Skalietska. (Ger Holland)

More than 7 million refugees have been recorded across Europe due to the war in Ukraine.

The lead refugee agency for the United Nations says two-thirds of those who’ve left Ukraine are children — but we don’t often hear their stories. Yeva Skalietska,

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