Dog therapy comforts children facing trauma of war in Ukraine

Children traumatised by the war in Ukraine pose for a photo with American pit bull terrier Bice at the Centre for Social and Psychological Rehabilitation in Boyarka, near Kyiv (Vasilisa Stepanenko/AP)

Bice is an American pit bull terrier with an important and sensitive job in Ukraine — comforting children traumatised by Russia’s war.

The playful eight-year-old dog arrived at a rehabilitation centre on the outskirts of the capital, Kyiv, this week, ready to start his duties.