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Cathy Owen

Little girl sings Frozen song as she shelters from Russian bombing in underground bunker

A video of a little girl singing Frozen's 'Let It Go' as she shelters from the bombing in Ukraine has gone viral.

The girl, who is named Amelia, sang the song beautifully to try and keep spirits high in an underground bunker in the city.

After the video was posted on Facebook, with the permission of her mother, it has been viewed thousands of times around the world.

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Marta Smekhova, who posted the video, said: "'From the first word in the [bomb shelter] came complete silence... everyone put their business aside and listen to a song by this girl who was just beaming light... even men couldn't hold back the tears.

When Amelia finishes, the crowd, who had listened in silence, erupts in cheers and applause.

"Bravo! Bravo!" the crowd shouted, as the girl wearing a star jumper clutches her hands in front of her face.

Marta said she filmed the girl, whose age is not known, while visiting a bomb shelter in Kyiv.

"Seeing in one of the Kyiv bomb storage, how children draw bright pictures in half-darkness, I, of course, couldn't silently pass by... stopped, praised, offered to do a little exhibition to somehow decorate this not so happy place," she said.

People have been living in makeshift bunkers since the start of the invasion more than 10 days ago. Even these newborn twins had to have treatment while underground.

The Okhmadet childrens' hospital in central Kyiv has been moved underground with sick children and women with their newborn babies being treated in a basement, and many families have been living underground for days.

On Monday, March 7, Russian military forces opened fire on the city of Mykolaiv, 480 kilometres south of Kyiv, according to Ukraine's General Staff.

Rescuers said they were putting out fires in residential areas caused by rocket attacks.

Shelling also continued in the suburbs of Kyiv which has been cut off from electricity, water and heating for three days.

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