Overview
- At a December 10 event at the European Parliament, an interpreter became too emotional to continue translating 11-year-old Roman Oleksiv’s testimony, and a colleague finished the translation.
- Roman described surviving the July 14, 2022 strike on central Vinnytsia that killed his mother and left him with severe burns and other injuries.
- He underwent at least 36 surgeries and lengthy rehabilitation after being treated in Lviv and then transferred to hospitals in Poland and Germany.
- The Brussels event included a screening of Romchyk, a short film about Roman’s experience, alongside other films examining the war’s impact on children.
- Doctors once doubted he would walk unaided, but Roman has returned to school and resumed ballroom dancing and music studies.