Given Ukraine’s mental health and shock crises, Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, announced Monday the launch of a national psychological care programme.

“None of the Ukrainians, neither an adult or child can be sure that they will wake up tomorrow,” Zelenska stated in a social media video message. “All the things Ukrainians experienced in the occupation, at the front, at the bomb shelters, under shelling, abroad, they need rehabilitation just as the physically wounded.”

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According to her announcement, the Ukrainian government would “quickly” construct a mental health support programme in collaboration with the World Health Organization.

“Russia’s war has shown horrors we could not have imagined,” Zelenska stated. “WHO is committed to protecting the most crucial human rights — to life and health. Now they are both violated in Ukraine.”

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She went on to say that the country intends to set a good example by increasing global assistance for the psychological well-being of war survivors.

A transcript of her call with Israel’s first lady showed that Zelenska indicated last week that millions of people in her nation will require psychiatric assistance as a result of Russia’s aggression and invasion.

According to the Ukrainian president’s office, Zelenska made the remarks during a phone chat with Israel’s Michal Herzog, during which she thanked Israel for its medical assistance.

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Zelenska then declared that she was pushing a national initiative for psychological treatment. “The brutality of the Russian military, which has deeply shocked the entire civilized world, means that millions of Ukrainians also need urgent professional psychological help. And here I am very grateful for the support of the state of Israel,” she claimed.

As per the United Nations Refugee Agency, more than 6 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded on February 24. More than 8 million people have been internally displaced, and millions more are stuck or stranded, according to the report.