Day of commemoration of children who died as a result of Russia’s armed aggression: hundreds of innocent victims of war:
Today, June 4, is a tragic date – the Day of Remembrance of Children Who Died as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. June 4 was set as a memorable date by the resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine No. 5343 dated June 1, 2021.
Since the full-scale invasion of Russian troops in February 2022, 548 children have died as a result of hostilities in Ukraine, and more than 1,351 have been injured of various degrees of severity.
Most of them are small Ukrainians affected in Donetsk region (532 children). Statistics on the number of injured children in Kharkiv Oblast (378), Kherson Oblast (152), Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (139), Kyiv Oblast (130), Zaporizhzhia (108) and Mykolaiv Oblast (105) are also impressive.
“Since 2014, at least 790 children have been killed as a result of Russia’s war against Ukraine. These are 790 killed universes and burned families. Each such tragedy is another evidence of the genocide of the Ukrainian people. The world must react to the murders of innocent children and act to punish Russia and prevent new victims,” the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine notes Dmytro Lubinets.
The war deprived children not only of their right to safety, but also to education and a happy future. As a result of hostilities in the country, 2,800 schools and kindergartens were destroyed or damaged.
In addition to injuries resulting from hostilities, children are subjected to forced deportations and illegal adoptions on the territory of the Russian Federation. Sometimes even those who have parents in Ukraine are adopted. Currently, more than 19,000 Ukrainian minors can be classified as “forcefully deported”.
The Ukrainian government initiated the creation of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children. 37 countries have already joined it. Currently, the main intermediary for the return of Ukrainian children from Russia is Qatar.
The repatriation of small citizens of Ukraine from the territory of the Russian Federation, Belarus and areas not controlled by the Ukrainian authorities will be one of the key topics during the Global Peace Summit, which will be held in Switzerland on June 15-16.
