US EditionInterpreter cries as Ukrainian boy recalls mom's death
The interpreter paused and cried while translating 11-year-old Roman Oleksiv’s testimony about his mother’s death in a Russian missile strike at the European Parliament.
- Video shared by the BBC and The Independent shows an interpreter in Brussels struggling to translate 11-year-old Roman Oleksiv's testimony at the European Parliament.
- Having been injured in the hospital strike, Roman Oleksiv suffered burns across nearly half his body while his mother, Halyna, was killed instantly during a 2022 visit to Vinnytsya, city south west of Kyiv.
- While Roman Oleksiv spoke calmly in Ukrainian about saying goodbye, a man off-screen offered to take over translating and told the interpreter `I will help you, no worries,` as she placed her hands on the boy's shoulder and nodded for him to continue.
- The boy's story inspired a film shown to Pope Francis before his death, led to three meetings with the pope through Alliance Unbroken Kids, and featured in Romchyk, an award-winning short film by Goldsmiths University students.
- Reports show broader patterns as Russian forces have targeted orphanages, with at least 20,000 children taken abroad and only 300 returned amid the conflict.
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The European Parliament heard on Tuesday the story of Roman Oleksiv, an 11-year-old Ukrainian boy who survived a Russian missile attack on a hospital in Vinnytsia on July 13, 2022.The bombing killed 24 people and left more than 200 injured.Among the victims was his mother, Halyna Halina.Roman explained in Parliament that on that day they were both in a clinic in the city when three missiles hit the building. "That was the last time I saw my moth…
Turkey's president is pressing Russia's leader to declare a limited ceasefire that would cover Ukrainian ports and energy facilities, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during a private meeting with Vladimir Putin. The calls come after a series of attacks on Russian-linked tankers in the Black Sea, which Ukraine claimed responsibility for, as a new round of talks is set to begin this weekend. It is unclear, however, whether the Europeans and Ukrainians w…
The testimony of 11-year-old Ukrainian Roman Oleksiv upset the European Parliament. As a victim of the war, the young boy made a poignant appeal to Europe.
IInterpreter Starts Sobbing as 11-Year-Old Testifies About Last Time He Saw His Mom Before She Was Killed in Missile Strike
Roman Oleksiv was seriously injured and his mother died when Russian missiles struck a hospital in central Ukraine in 2022NEED TO KNOWAn interpreter started to cry while sharing an 11-year-old boy's testimony at the European Parliament in Brussels"Sorry, I am a bit emotional as well,” the woman said in an moment captured on filmThe child has become a symbol of the Russia-Ukraine War and met three times with the late Pope FrancisAn interpreter br…
Interpreter Weeps As Ukrainian Boy Recounts Russian Bombing Horror
A moving scene unfolded in the European Parliament in Brussels when an interpreter broke down mid-sentence while translating the testimony of an 11-year-old Ukrainian boy who survived a Russian missile strike on a children's hospital in Vinnytsia.
An interpreter of the European Parliament fell into tears on Thursday by translating the words of Roman Oleksiv, an 11-year-old Ukrainian boy, who described the disappearance of his mother killed in a Russian strike on a hospital in 2022.
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