In wartime, ophthalmologists note an increase in the number of both military and domestic eye injuries of children, said Svetlana Tronina, Senior Researcher at the Department of Pediatric Ophthalmopathology of the V.P. Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine .
“Today, we and our colleagues in Ukraine see an increase in the incidence of injuries in children, both related directly to military circumstances, for example, with shell explosions, and an increase in the number of domestic injuries,” she told Interfax-Ukraine.
The expert noted that military eye injuries in children occur in regions close to the combat zone.
“These are mainly mine-explosive injuries, some kind of shrapnel wounds associated with ammunition explosions. Most often, this is a combination of severe injuries not only to the eyes, but also to the face and other organs,” she said, summarizing the experience of pediatric ophthalmologists in Ukraine .
At the same time, Tronina drew attention to the fact that in wartime, the number of domestic eye injuries in children increases, which the expert associates, among other things, with migration, loss of housing, deterioration of living conditions and other circumstances caused by military operations.
“Many families are forced to move with their children, they are not always in comfortable conditions. Parents are forced to deal with issues of accommodation, employment, and children are left to their own devices more than in peacetime. Access to dangerous items is greater than usual.
According to her, children’s games at this time are more aggressive, often associated “with some kind of darts, bows.”
“We see general nervousness and a desire to play some kind of aggressive games, children have more access to dangerous things. Even girls get injured with sharp objects, which usually rarely happens to them. We note an increase in the frequency of eye injuries in children,” Tronina said. .
According to her, since the beginning of the war, children with both military and domestic injuries have been admitted to the Filatov Institute. In particular, a nine-year-old child was admitted to the department, who, as a result of a wall falling from an explosion, was injured in the right temporal region of the head, face, right eye – a severe contusion of the eyeball.
Among domestic injuries with which children were admitted to the clinic, the expert named injuries due to parental oversight. As an example, she cited a case where a 16-year-old patient was injured in his right eye by a nail while playing with his younger brother, who tied the nail to the end of an arrow. More cases: a teenager was injured in his left eye by a metal fragment, hammering a metal stake with a hammer; a three-year-old patient stuck a coin cell battery under his lower eyelid and received an extensive alkaline chemical burn to his eye; a six-year-old patient sustained an explosive eye injury while playing with another child who fired a firearm.
In the list of examples of such injuries – a 16-year-old teenager was chopping wood and a wooden rolling pin bounced into his eye; A 7-year-old boy shot himself in the eye with a compressed air pistol while playing at the service station, an 8-year-old patient injured his eye with a nail …
At the same time, Tronina recalled that the children’s department of the Institute. V.P. Filatova has a wide range of methods for the treatment and rehabilitation of childhood eye injuries. In particular, the institute has a lot of its own research developments on this topic, including those devoted to the improvement of surgical techniques, treatment and rehabilitation tactics.
“Children are not a reduced copy of adults. They have different methods of performing operations, a greater amount of postoperative treatment, so it is not enough just to carry out the operation at a high technological level, you still need to properly conduct the postoperative period,” she stressed.
Table (edible) salt is one of the most important products for the body, and the so-called salt-free diet can often lead to negative health consequences, says Doctor of Biology Svyatoslav Morozov. “Sodium ions are necessary to maintain the ionic balance in the cell, the bloodstream. Sodium chloride is also needed for the normal functioning of the nervous system, digestion, muscle contraction and many other processes in the body,” he said in a new video posted on the Expert Club YouTube channel.
At the same time, according to the expert, it is necessary to observe the daily intake of salt, since an excessive amount of this ingredient in food can provoke the development of diseases of the cardiovascular system.
“It is advisable to consume up to 4-5 grams of table salt per day. Excess salt does not lead to terrible consequences, but it creates a burden on the body. This is due to the fact that a significant amount of salt in food leads to a feeling of thirst, as a result of which blood vessels and the heart are already stressed due to excess fluid, which leads to an increase in blood pressure, ” the scientist explained.
The founder of the Club of Experts, Maksim Urakin, in turn, emphasized that, while observing the daily norms of salt intake, it is necessary to take into account not only the pure salting of food, but also the content of sodium chloride in the product itself.
“Today, salt is found in almost all food products. That is, we are talking about the amount of salt directly in all products that a person consumes per day,” the expert noted.
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The excitement that was observed around the shortage of table salt in early June has generally declined, today the market does not experience an acute shortage of this product, according to the Expert Club analytical center. In a new video, released on the YouTube channel of the same name, the ball analyzes the current situation with the availability of various types of salt, as well as its benefits and harms in terms of a healthy diet.
According to the candidate of biological sciences Svyatoslav Morozov, in Ukraine today there are several explored deposits of rock salt, in particular in the Kalush region of the Ivano-Frankivsk region, as well as Solotvino in the Transcarpathian region, which will replace the production facilities temporarily stopped due to the war in the Bakhmut region.
The founder of the Club of Experts, Candidate of Economic Sciences Maksim Urakin emphasized that today salt is produced in the world by more than 110 countries, among which China, India and the USA are the leaders. “Ukraine occupied a worthy place in the world salt market. In particular, Artyomsol provided exports to more than 50 countries of the world,” the expert noted.
According to him, the main importers of Ukrainian salt were Poland, Hungary, Moldova and a number of other countries.
Recall that in April 2022, the Artemsol enterprise, located in Soledar, Donetsk region, stopped its work due to hostilities in order to ensure the safety of employees.
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For the fourth day in a row, the number of people entering Ukraine through its western border significantly exceeds the number of those leaving, the net inflow for these days amounted to 26,000 people and completely blocked the net outflow of 11,000 over the past working week, according to data from the State Border Service on Facebook.
According to them, on Tuesday, June 28, almost 36 thousand people left the country compared to 33 thousand the day before, while 41 thousand arrived in Ukraine against more than 43 thousand on Monday.
Such data is confirmed by the Polish border service. According to her information on Twitter, on June 28, 24.5 thousand entered Ukraine from Poland compared to 32.2 thousand the day before, while in the opposite direction the flow amounted to 21.4 thousand against 20 thousand the day before.
In general, since the beginning of the war, the flow to enter Poland from Ukraine amounted to 4.408 million, and in the opposite direction – 2.452 million.
The State Border Service of Ukraine clarified that the number of registered vehicles with humanitarian cargo has grown to 100-120 per day, while at the same time the number of cars passing through the border on the eve of the cancellation on July 1 of privileges for their import into Ukraine remains fairly stable at 19-20 thousand.
As reported, the flow to enter Ukraine through its western border after May 9 exceeded the flow to exit for 30 days. The total net inflow to Ukraine over these days amounted to about 188 thousand people, which returned the net outflow since the beginning of the war to the level of the end of March.
After that, for almost three weeks, the days when the entry flow exceeded the exit flow alternated with days when, on the contrary, the exit flow was greater than the entry flow, and in total both flows were approximately equal. However, in recent days the number of entrants has again become noticeably larger.
According to UNHCR data, as of June 21, a total of 8.007 million people have left Ukraine since the beginning of the war (excluding the entry flow), of which 4.146 million went to Poland, 1.305 million to Russia, 814.6 thousand to Hungary, and 691 to Romania. .4 thousand, Moldova – 507.6 thousand, Slovakia – 525.6 thousand, Belarus – 16.7 thousand.
At the same time, according to the UN, from February 28 to June 21, 2.837 million people entered Ukraine (excluding data from Hungary, the Russian Federation and Belarus).
Passenger traffic across the western border of Ukraine, thous.
Date from Ukraine incl. to Poland to Ukraine incl. Ukrainians number of humanitarian trucks, pcs.
Jun 28 36 20 41 38 20 120
Jun 27 33 19 43 40 19 100
Jun 26 38 23 46 42 20 96
Jun 25 43 23 46 40 21 94
Jun 24 45 26 44 40 21 90
Jun 23 45 25 40 37 20 90
Jun 22 45 25 40 37 20 103
Jun 21 38 22 36 32 19 117
Jun 20 37 21 39 37 18 100
Jun 19 40 24 40 37 18 101
Jun 18 44 25 43 39 20 153
Jun 17 41 25 40 36 20 110
Jun 16 36 21 38 34 19 125
Jun 15 40 24 37 34 19 151
Data: State Border Service
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has met with well-known British businessman Richard Branson, the press service of the President’s Office reports.
“The visit of British businessman Richard Branson to Ukraine is another reminder that the world and famous people continue to support us. We talked about maintaining the world’s attention to the war in Ukraine, as well as the prospects for cooperation in post-war reconstruction. Richard, thank you for the kind words about our people and willingness to help!” – wrote Zelensky in the telegram channel.
The European Union is starting to supply more than 90 off-road trucks to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the EU Delegation to Ukraine has reported.
“The logistics equipment is part of a wider €31 million assistance measure adopted on December 2 in support of Ukraine. The EU has begun supplying the Armed Forces with more than 90 off-road trucks as part of the European Peace Fund. The trucks are provided to support the medical, engineering and logistics units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “, – said in a press release on the website of the representative office on Tuesday.
It is emphasized that this assistance measure will increase the overall resilience of Ukraine and help strengthen the capacity of its Armed Forces. In particular, we are talking about the provision of medical equipment, including a field hospital, engineering equipment, including demining tools, items for logistics units, including trucks and other means, and equipment to increase cyber defense capabilities.
