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15 million Ukrainians need mental health aid amid conflict.

May 1, 2026
By Borden Khmelnytsky
15 million Ukrainians need mental health aid amid conflict.
Ukrainian military medics attend a Pysanka making class, the traditional Ukrainian art of decorating eggs at the Repower programme, a mountain retreat designed to support their psychological recovery and mental well-being in Ukraine's western Zakarpattia

The war in Ukraine is on the brink of a mental health crisis of epic proportions, and things are about to get a whole lot worse - as Russia's brutal attack enters its fifth year, a shocking new report reveals that an astonishing 15 MILLION people in Ukraine are now in desperate need of psychological support.

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