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Yesterday I spent the afternoon at a former hotel in Berlin that is now a temporary home to approximately 300 refugees from Ukraine. Volunteers from two Berlin charities, including Unionhilfswerk, provide three meals a day and basic services, including guiding the refugees through the bureaucracy of receiving government assistance. Among the refugees are many children, some of whom are already attending local schools, while others receive German language instruction from a volunteer, Russian-speaking local teacher. One refugee I talked to, Larissa Shpadinska, fled her hometown near Kherson with her three children on the first day of the war. She left behind her husband, who is now fighting in a military unit against the Russians, as well as her sister, who is trapped in Kherson due to the Russian occupation of the city. Larissa said her children are emotionally traumatized from the Russian bombing. #gettyimages #gettyimagesnews #warinukraine #berlin #refugees #photojournalism #unionhilfswerk