children at war

Trump must remember those Ukrainian prisoners dying in Russia – Nobel winner Matviichuk to US President
News - 04 March 2025

Trump must remember those Ukrainian prisoners dying in Russia – Nobel winner Matviichuk to US President

Matviichuk considers it abnormal when politicians talk about elections, minerals and concessions, but not about people. In her opinion, the human dimension must be returned to the negotiations. This must be done to stop the war and the loss of life

“You promised to stay alive”: a letter to a peer in occupation
Columns - 17 January 2025

“You promised to stay alive”: a letter to a peer in occupation

ZMINA has published a letter by a 9th-grade, Karina Hryzlyuk, a student from the Municipal Institution "Lyceum of Natural Sciences" of the Kropyvnytskyi City Council, which won second place in the competition

After the rain always comes the rainbow: a letter from a 9th grader in Luhansk Oblast to a peer in occupation
Columns - 08 January 2025

After the rain always comes the rainbow: a letter from a 9th grader in Luhansk Oblast to a peer in occupation

I am deeply sorry that our city is occupied, or as some residents say – "liberated." If you think about it: liberated from what? From civilized life?!

Russians kill 12 people, including 7-year-old child in attack on residential building in Hlukhiv, Sumy Oblast
News - 19 November 2024

Russians kill 12 people, including 7-year-old child in attack on residential building in Hlukhiv, Sumy Oblast

Sumy Oblast Prosecutor’s Office specified that an eight-year-old boy had been killed in the attack

Russia сontinues illegal child deportations despite ICC arrest warrants – Almenda’s report
News - 19 November 2024

Russia сontinues illegal child deportations despite ICC arrest warrants – Almenda’s report

Despite International Criminal Court arrest warrants issued in March 2023 against Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova for child deportations, Russia continues its practices. In 2024, the scale of unlawful child transfers has increased, with camp programs explicitly aimed at destroying Ukrainian children's national identity, human rights advocates emphasise

Russians killed mother and three children in Kryvyi Rih with a ballistic missile, including a baby under one year old
News - 12 November 2024

Russians killed mother and three children in Kryvyi Rih with a ballistic missile, including a baby under one year old

Correspondents from the national joint 24/7 newscast reported from the scene that an entire family, the mother and her three children: two and ten-year-old boys and a two-month-old girl, was killed in the Russian attack. 

Death toll rises to three in a guided aerial bomb strike on a residential building in Kharkiv on October 30, including two children
News - 31 October 2024

Death toll rises to three in a guided aerial bomb strike on a residential building in Kharkiv on October 30, including two children

Rescue workers unblocked the body of a civilian man aged approximately 25-30. Russians also killed a 12-year-old boy in that attack

Russian strikes kill two children, a woman in overnight attacks in Donetsk region
News - 22 October 2024

Russian strikes kill two children, a woman in overnight attacks in Donetsk region

The attacks damaged multiple residential buildings and outbuildings in both settlements

Ukraine urges Mongolia to arrest Putin during his visit
News - 01 September 2024

Ukraine urges Mongolia to arrest Putin during his visit

The ICC alleged last year that the Russian president was responsible for war crimes, focusing on the unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia. It has also issued a warrant for the arrest of Russia's commissioner for children's rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, for the same crimes.

Russians kill entire family with an aerial bomb in Donetsk Oblast
News - 28 August 2024

Russians kill entire family with an aerial bomb in Donetsk Oblast

The bomb struck a residential area, destroying a house

Militarisation of children and youth continues: 26 new junior military units formed in occupied Donetsk region
News - 25 July 2024

Militarisation of children and youth continues: 26 new junior military units formed in occupied Donetsk region

The representative of the occupation administration added that the "junior soldiers" from these cities actively participate in the activities of the militarised formation, taking first and prize places in military sports games organised by the Russians

Russians killed at least 44 and injured 150 Ukrainians in their attack on Ukraine cities
News - 08 July 2024

Russians killed at least 44 and injured 150 Ukrainians in their attack on Ukraine cities

Plumes of smoke could be seen across the capital of Ukraine, while video posted on social media showed the destruction inside and outside of the Okhmadyt children's hospital

Russia militarizes education and erases cultural identity of children in temporarily occupied Crimea – UN and Amnesty International
News - 13 May 2024

Russia militarizes education and erases cultural identity of children in temporarily occupied Crimea – UN and Amnesty International

The International Court of Justice found that the way in which Russia had implemented its educational system in Crimea after 2014 with regard to school education in the Ukrainian language had violated its obligations under Articles 2(1)(a) and 5(v) of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Social isolation, ignoring needs and multiple discrimination: what Ukrainian Roma face when fleeing war
Articles - 28 December 2022

Social isolation, ignoring needs and multiple discrimination: what Ukrainian Roma face when fleeing war

ZMINA talked about these problems and the search for their solution with internally displaced Roma, Roma activists, as well as representatives of state institutions.