Matvii (5) dies under a fallen branch, while his sister (3) saw everything happen: “The parents alternate with despair and anger. How could this happen?” | Exclusively for subscribers

They had fled the horrors of war, but the worst horror was yet to come: their child, dead, under a fallen branch. In the very country that should have offered their family safety, a Ukrainian man and his wife lost their eldest son Matvii, five years old, on Thursday. Flee from the bombs. Died playing under a tree in Ghent.