{"id":53682,"date":"2025-10-21T19:21:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T19:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=53682"},"modified":"2025-10-21T19:35:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T19:35:21","slug":"10-years-old-roman-becomes-symbol-of-ukraines-unbreakable-spirit-survives-russian-missile-age-of-07-only-with-mother-died-before-his-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/10-years-old-roman-becomes-symbol-of-ukraines-unbreakable-spirit-survives-russian-missile-age-of-07-only-with-mother-died-before-his-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Years Old Roman Becomes Symbol of Ukraine’s Unbreakable Spirit ! Survives Russian Missile @ Age of 07 Only with Mother Died Before his Eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ISLAMABAD: Monitoring Desk – Only 10 years old , Roman Oleksiv has become the symbol of Ukraine\u2019s unbreakable spirit. On 14 July 2022, when he was 7,\u00a0 Russian missiles struck the centre of Vinnytsia, a large city in South-West Ukraine. Roman was waiting at the doctor\u2019s office with his mother.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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She was killed before his own eyes. He suffered 45% burns, a head injury, and a broken arm. Covered in flames, he crawled out of the rubble \u2014 alone.<\/span><\/div>\n
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H.E Katarina Mathernova, Ambassador of European Union to Ukraine has shared on her social media, ” I never imagined that one day I would meet a true hero \u2014 and even less that he would be a ten-year-old boy.”<\/p>\n

Skilled Ukrainian emergency doctors saved his life. Later, through the funded Medevac programme, he was transferred via Rzesz\u00f3w to a leading burns treatment centre in Dresden. He underwent more than thirty operations \u2014 skin grafts, reconstructions, countless procedures, and long rehabilitation.<\/p>\n

Before the war, Roman enjoyed ballroom dancing and played the accordion. Today, he dances again \u2014 in a special purple mask that protects his healing face. He learned fluent English and German after the tragedy, understanding that languages open the world to him. He now undergoes special rehabilitation for his hands in Lviv – where he lives with his caring father Yaroslav Oleksiv now – and dreams of playing accordion again.<\/p>\n

H.E Mathernova adds, “During my recent trip to Lviv, I finally met Roman and his father. It took months to make it happen \u2014 between his surgeries and dance performances and my crazy agenda. It was the most moving encounter of my mission.”<\/p>\n

A very special ten-year-old boy who lost his mother and his childhood \u2014 with such composure and grace. Smiling abs speaking about the future, already dancing another waltz in his mind.<\/p>\n

Finally, she notes, “There is so much strength in Roman. So much light. For me, he is the embodiment of Ukraine \u2014 deeply wounded, yet never broken. At his next accordion concert, I\u2019ll be sitting in the first row.”<\/p>\n

Applauding Roman.
\nApplauding Ukraine.<\/p><\/div>\n

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