Dr. Chris Fitzpatrick:

I agree with Professor Bury said in that regard and I think there will be long-term consequences. We have been impressed by the resilience those who participated on the course have shown. They have spoken about stress. They said they are in stress so post-traumatic stress disorder will follow later. We have also met many civilians on our travels. We take a 13 hour train from the border to Kyiv and on our last journey we met a group of school children who were coming from Poland having participated in a swimming competition and their resilience was phenomenal. They wanted to speak to us, so they could improve their English while on the journey.

They showed us their medals and spoke about the interruptions at the school because of the air raid alarms going off. Many of them were attending school in underground facilities but they were phenomenally enthusiastic about their competitions and meeting foreigners coming into their country. No doubt there are consequences, but at the present time there is an incredible esprit de corps and incredible patriotism in Ukraine as well as an incredible ability to look after themselves. No doubt, as Professor Bury expressed, there will be consequences in the long term and perhaps some of our work can look into those areas as well.