Adi Roche reports on how the generosity of Irish people is helping to save the lives of seriously ill children in Eastern Ukraine, including Baby Maxim, who will undergo surgery

He was born into turmoil in strife-torn Ukraine with a defective heart but, thanks to the skills of an Irish-funded surgical team, nine-day-old Miroslava is off the critical list.

An Irish-funded surgical team has decided to run the gauntlet of violence in Ukraine to perform live- saving open-heart surgery on children.