The number of people suffering anxiety and other psychological issues in Ukraine is on the rise since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of the country last year. But Russia's frequent missiles barrages and the havoc they wreak are especially challenging for visually impaired people.
Sunlight filters through shattered windows, casting a glow upon the dusty furniture and fragments of glass strewn across the floor of the office belonging to Oleksandr Vinkovskyi, director of a Kyiv business where visually impaired people worked.
"A visually impaired person can't locate where the explosion happened. For them, every explosion feels like it's happening in their home," Vinkovskyi said. "They don't know the scale of what happened, and that brings additional stress." "I heard everything. Our doors at home were shuddering," said Holubenko, who lives near the facility.
She lives in the Kyiv province and said that Russia's nightly barrages in May were particularly challenging.
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