Defining evil — Russia’s war against Ukrainian children

The toys from which the installations were made were collected from houses destroyed by Russian shelling in Ukraine. The new exhibition can be seen in the Museum of Cumenlaaxo in Kotka.

Defining evil — Russia’s war against Ukrainian children

My daughter is just over a year old. She’s learning to walk, says a few words in both Ukrainian and English, and because of Russia’s war, she already has an acute understanding of what it means to be afraid. The first time she reacted to the air raid siren, she was playing in her crib while I tidied up the room. She’d never paid attention to it before, so I didn’t expect anything to happen when it started. But that time, she cried out, “Mama!” w…