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An interpreter broke down in tears at the European Parliament in Brussels while translating for an 11-year-old Ukrainian boy who was injured in a Russian missile strike on a hospital in central Ukraine in 2022.
Roman Oleksiv’s mother was killed in the attack and he has undergone multiple surgeries since.
The aspiring ballroom dancer, who was also the subject of an award-winning film, has also received an award from the Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky.
