--- title: Ukraine: refugees, aid, sanctions and children's lives — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Ukraine: refugees, aid, sanctions and children's lives», a lesson of the politics course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: When war comes to your town, staying can be deadly, so millions of Ukrainians fled abroad after the full-scale inv --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/25-ukraine-refugees-aid-sanctions-and-childrens-lives/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/) / Ukraine: refugees, aid, sanctions and… # Ukraine: refugees, aid, sanctions and children's lives Lesson 25 of the politics course of Mova's primary school: 17 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/politics/25-ukraine-refugees-aid-sanctions-and-childrens-lives/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/25-ukraine-refugees-aid-sanctions-and-childrens-lives/0/) — When war comes to your town, staying can be deadly, so millions of Ukrainians fled abroad after the full-scale invasion in 2022, many to countries like Poland, Ireland, the UK and Canada, news reports said. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/25-ukraine-refugees-aid-sanctions-and-childrens-lives/1/) — Imagine starting a new school where you hardly speak the language, your gran is far away, and in the evening you log on to your old school as well. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/25-ukraine-refugees-aid-sanctions-and-childrens-lives/2/) — That is life for many Ukrainian children, so a seat at your lunch table matters. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/25-ukraine-refugees-aid-sanctions-and-childrens-lives/3/) — Other countries help in three main ways: humanitarian aid (food, medicine, generators), military aid (weapons and training for Ukraine's army, without sending their own soldiers to fight), and sanctions (penalties on Russia's trade and money). - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/25-ukraine-refugees-aid-sanctions-and-childrens-lives/4/) — People argue about how much to give, which help is right, and who should pay to rebuild; almost everyone agrees that children like Sofiia deserve a welcome. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/25-ukraine-refugees-aid-sanctions-and-childrens-lives/6/) — Millions of Ukrainians fled abroad after the 2022 invasion, many to countries like Poland, Ireland, the UK and Canada, and their children joined local schools, news reports said. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/25-ukraine-refugees-aid-sanctions-and-childrens-lives/7/) — The UK's Homes for Ukraine scheme let families offer a spare room to Ukrainians fleeing the war, and hosts got a small payment. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/25-ukraine-refugees-aid-sanctions-and-childrens-lives/8/) — Charities and UN agencies use donations to buy food, medicine, blankets and generators for people in and around Ukraine. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/25-ukraine-refugees-aid-sanctions-and-childrens-lives/9/) — Many countries, including the US, the UK, Canada and EU countries, sent weapons, training and money to Ukraine's army but did not send their own soldiers to fight, news reports said. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/25-ukraine-refugees-aid-sanctions-and-childrens-lives/10/) — After the invasion many countries put sanctions on Russia, such as stopping some trade and freezing Russian money kept abroad so it could not be used, and many companies, including McDonald's in 2022, left Russia. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/25-ukraine-refugees-aid-sanctions-and-childrens-lives/11/) — In the US, the UK and Europe, lawmakers have argued for years about how much money and how many weapons to give Ukraine. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/25-ukraine-refugees-aid-sanctions-and-childrens-lives/12/) — The UN and Ukraine reported that many Ukrainian children were taken to Russia from areas Russia controlled; Russia's government said it moved children to keep them safe. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/25-ukraine-refugees-aid-sanctions-and-childrens-lives/13/) — In 2023 the International Criminal Court, a world court that tries people for the worst crimes, asked for the arrest of Russia's president and another official over the taking of children, it was reported; some children have been brought home, and Ukraine says many thousands are still in Russia. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/25-ukraine-refugees-aid-sanctions-and-childrens-lives/14/) — Some Ukrainian cities, including Kharkiv, built classrooms underground, such as in metro stations, so children could learn safely, it was reported. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/25-ukraine-refugees-aid-sanctions-and-childrens-lives/15/) — Many Ukrainian refugee children go to local schools by day and log on to their Ukrainian school online as well, news reports said. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/25-ukraine-refugees-aid-sanctions-and-childrens-lives/16/) — Ukrainians have been rebuilding homes, bridges and playgrounds, and countries argue about whether Russia's frozen money should pay for rebuilding. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/25-ukraine-refugees-aid-sanctions-and-childrens-lives/17/) — The sunflower is Ukraine's national flower and became a symbol of support and hope around the world. - ← previous: [Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine/) - next →: [Israel and Gaza: what happened, as widely reported](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/26-israel-and-gaza-what-happened-as-widely-reported/) - ↑ back to [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/)