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Russia hits five-story building, private homes and industrial facility in Zaporizhzhya

Russia carried out several attacks on the city of Zaporizhzhya on Nov. 13 that killed a 17-year-old and a man at two different locations, according to regional governor Mykhailo Semikin. Rescuers with the State Emergency Service gave details of the strikes.

13 November, 01:07 PM

Russian drone slams into Kyiv Oblast school with more than 170 children inside

A Russian drone struck the grounds of a school in Yahotyn, Kyiv Oblast, on November 11 while 171 children were taking cover in the building's bomb shelter, Head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration Tymur Tkachenko reported.

11 November, 01:51 PM

Police evacuate last two children from Beryslav during temporary ceasefire in Kherson Oblast

Ukrainian law enforcement officers evacuated the last two children remaining in the city of Beryslav in Kherson Oblast during a temporary ceasefire that was in effect across the region from Oct. 27 to Nov. 1, the National Police reported.

10 November, 03:55 PM

Police detain suspects accused of tricking 13-year-old daughter of soldier out of more than $56,000

Police in Kyiv have detained two suspects accused of posing as law enforcement officers and tricking the 13-year-old daughter of a Ukrainian serviceman into handing over more than 2.5 million hryvnias ($56,151) in family savings, Kyiv police and the Kyiv city prosecutor’s office reported on Sept. 10.

10 September, 05:20 PM

Military recruiter runs over toddler, flees scene in Odesa Oblast

An employee of a district military recruitment center ran over a 2-year-old boy in his car in Ukraine's Odesa Oblast and fled the scene. Police in the region's Podilskyi district are investigating the crash, according to the Main Directorate of the National Police in Odesa Oblast.

4 September, 01:38 PM

Child dies months after being hit by local judge's vehicle in Kryvyi Rih

A young boy died in hospital after being struck by Dovhyntsevo District Court Judge Yevheniia Kostenko‘s car at a pedestrian crosswalk in Kryvyi Rih in February, Ukrainska Pravda, citing law enforcement sources, reported on June 17.

17 June, 03:06 PM

Thirty children plunge as bridge collapses in Western Ukraine village - video

A wooden bridge collapsed in the village of Vyzhenka in Chernivtsi Oblast as 30 children were crossing, six of whom had to be taken to hospital, Suspilne Chernivtsi reported on June 7.

8 June, 01:02 PM

Russia has killed 707 Ukrainian children since full-scale invasion

Russian forces have killed at least 707 children and injured 2,548 others in Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, a day marking children killed by Russia's aggression on June 4.

4 June, 04:59 PM

Three teenagers returned from occupied part of Kherson Oblast

Three children have been returned from the Russian-occupied part of Ukraine’s Kherson Oblast to government-controlled territory and are receiving necessary assistance, Kherson regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin said on May 14.

14 May, 05:19 PM

Russia wanted abducted Ukrainian children added to swap lists – Sybiha

Ukrainian FM Andrii Sybiha said Russia had proposed including abducted Ukrainian children in prisoner exchange lists, speaking at a meeting of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children in Brussels on May 11.

12 May, 10:48 AM

Founder of Christian rehabilitation center in Vinnytsia arrested for child abuse

Law enforcement officers have detained the founder of a Christian rehabilitation center who had been abusing children since 2006, Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko announced on May 2.

4 May, 01:34 PM

Russia recruited teens for planned school attacks in Ukraine – police

Ukraine’s national police said they, together with the SBU, prevented planned attacks in schools and uncovered two teenagers recruited by Russia, the agency said on Apr. 23.

23 April, 04:25 PM

Ukrzaliznytsia launches six new children’s cars styled as a fairy forest

Ukraine’s state railway Ukrzaliznytsia will add six new children’s compartment cars to its fleet this spring, with tickets set to go on sale starting April 24, the company said on Apr. 22.

22 April, 07:19 PM

Russia attacks Zaporizhzhya with drones, injuries rise, child among the wounded

The number of people injured in a Russian attack on Zaporizhzhya rose to seven, including an 8-year-old boy, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said on Apr. 17.

17 April, 05:56 PM

11-year-old girl injured in Shahed drone attack on Kharkiv

An 11-year-old girl was injured and hospitalized after a Russian Shahed drone attack in Kharkiv’s Slobidskyi district, regional governor Oleh Synehubov reported on April 4.

4 April, 05:05 PM

Russian attacks on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast wound infant, 6-year-old boy and woman

Russian forces attacked Dnipropetrovsk Oblast more than 20 times, wounding three people, including a 5-month-old infant and a 6-year-old boy, and damaging infrastructure and residential buildings, regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha reported on April 4.

4 April, 11:45 AM

Russian bombs devastate dozens of homes in Kramatorsk

At least eight people, including two children, were injured in a Russian air assault on a densely populated residential neighborhood of Kramatorsk in Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast, the city’s Military Administration head Oleksandr Honcharenko reported on Facebook on March 18.

18 March, 10:31 AM

87 theaters join memorials for Mariupol victims across Europe

March 16, 2026 marked the fourth anniversary of the airstrike on the Mariupol Drama Theater, as commemorative events were held across Ukraine to honor the victims of the attack.

17 March, 06:00 PM

Russia’s deportation of Ukrainian children is a crime against humanity – UN commission

UN commission said Russia’s deportation, unlawful transfer and enforced disappearance of children from occupied areas of Ukraine amount to crimes against humanity, while delaying their return constitutes a war crime, according to a report detailing last year’s investigation on March 10.

10 March, 06:00 PM

Children to be forcibly evacuated from Kherson Oblast amid surge in attacks

Authorities in Kherson Oblast have ordered the mandatory evacuation of children along with their legal guardians following a decision by the regional defense council, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin said on March 7.

7 March, 04:31 PM

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