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      • Ivana Kottasová
        Senior Producer, CNN International

        Ivana Kottasová is a London-based senior digital news producer at CNN International.

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      • Vova is 17 and has the Opitz-Kaveggia syndrome, a rare generic condition that has left him severely disabled. He needs round the clock care and anti-seizure medication which is becoming impossible to get as Russian troops starts closing in on Kyiv.

        Escaping the horror in Ukraine is not an option for many disabled children and their families

      • Why Russia is being accused of using food as a weapon of war

      • The grim reality of war hits stunned Ukrainians

      • 'I wanted to resume my transition at all costs.' Trans Ukrainians uprooted by war struggle to continue treatment

      • Kyiv has transformed into a fortress, with its residents determined to defend it

      • Meet the dissident Russians living the 'nightmare from which it is impossible to wake up'

      • Gunned down on a mercy mission

      • Hear about one family's escape from Kyiv