In Ukraine, a young gymnast’s Olympic dreams hit by war

Kyiv: Moments after the sound of an air raid siren brought Eva Ivstrenko’s gymnastics class to a halt, forcing the nine-year-old to run into a basement for shelter, she was back on the mat, She was determined to move forward.
“I’ve been doing gymnastics for four years and I want to be an Olympic champion,” she told AFP. “That’s what every gymnast wants.”
Nearly a year after Russia invaded Ukraine, the center of the fighting has shifted to the east of the country and away from Evstratenko’s home city of Kyiv.