Shireen, a visually impaired Gazan activist, recounts her neighbour’s harrowing experience of displacement and survival in an UNRWA school amid the dire conditions following intense conflict in the region.

On September 22, 2023, a missile attack in Kremenchuk, Ukraine by Russian forces resulted in one death and 55 injuries, including six children, with AOAV recording a total of 16,852 civilian casualties from explosive weapons in Ukraine since February 24, 2022.

Analysis of the explosive violence which characterised 2022 paints a bleak picture for the year to come.