Ukraine. The story of a 10-year-old dancer Roman Oleksiwa, burned in a Russian attack

The BBC station reminded Roman Oleksiw's story on Tuesday. The 10-year-old was loud in December 2023, when the Reuters agency announced that after months of intensive rehabilitation he returned to school. A year and a half earlier, the boy was seriously injured during a rocket attack on a Ukrainian vineyard. He waited with his mother in a queue to the doctor when the bullets hit the city.

The woman was one of the 28 fatalities of that attack, and Roman's life was also threatened. The boy had a broken hand and numerous wounds from shards, and about 45 percent. His body was serious. The boy's condition was stabilized by doctors from Lviv. Later, Roman was taken to a center specializing in the treatment of burns in German Dresden. There, over 30 different operations went there. After them, he was waiting for months of rehabilitation.

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Thanks to the work of doctors and the efforts of Roman himself, today a 10-year-old boy can already go to school, learn to play instruments and compete in dance competitions. His story was inspired by Kostiantyin Bidnenko to shoot the short film “Romchyk”. Talking to the BBC, the manufacturer admitted that he came up with the idea of ​​the picture when he read the article about Roman. He also involved in the design of his students from the London University.

– For me (Roman) became a symbol of all children who suffer from war – says Bidnenko. Referring to the awards “Romchyk”, he said that the greatest distinction is for him that Roman and his father himself “really liked”. The film was appreciated at the Cambria Film Festival in California. He also qualified to participate in the Independent Days Internationales FilmFest in Karlsruhe, Germany.

At the beginning of February, the painting was also shown to Pope Francis. A meeting of Roman with the Holy Father was also organized. The boy already took part in it without a compression mask, which for a long time remained his hallmark.

– I'm already in the fourth grade of primary school. I like mathematics and drawing the most – a 10 -year -old told journalists. He also added that although he likes ice cream and pizza very much in Rome, he feels best in his hometown of Ukraine. Asked if he would like to tell other children from Ukraine, Roman encouraged that “no matter how difficult it is and no matter what is happening” they did not give up and went on – reports Vatican News.

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