Ukrainian children

70% of Ukrainian schools reopen in person despite wartime risks

More than 8,000 schools across Ukraine will operate in person starting Sept. 1, according to the Ministry of Education and Science.

1 September, 04:26 PM

Zelenskyy condemns Russian strikes as Ukraine's school year begins

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned a massive Russian attack launched ahead of Sept. 1, saying Russians "deliberately make children participants in the war," Ukrainian broadcaster TSN reported.

1 September, 02:57 PM

Kyiv prepares hybrid and remote learning plans amid prolonged air alerts

Kyiv schools have prepared several scenarios for organizing classes during prolonged air-raid alerts and other security threats, the Kyiv City State Administration said.

31 August, 02:47 PM

Olena Zelenska meets Ukrainian orphans evacuated from Odesa children’s home in Turkey

Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska met in Turkey with orphans evacuated from the Sonechko children’s home in Odesa at the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, she said on Facebook July 8.

9 July, 10:57 AM

Prosecuting Russia’s crimes must not endanger child victims

Air raid sirens have become the background sound of childhood in Ukraine. War has never been about headlines or statistics: for Ukrainian children it is the memories of missile attacks on their houses, schools and hospitals; weeks spent in basements without basic necessities; sudden unexplained destruction of their routine and education; urgent need to leave their homes; and for some interrogations at checkpoints, family separation, abduction, deportation and forcible transfer and the transformation of identity under Russian occupation.

16 June, 05:45 PM

Five babies born at Kyiv Perinatal Center during Russia’s mass overnight attack

Five babies were born at the Kyiv Perinatal Center overnight into June 2 as the Ukrainian capital came under one of its heaviest Russian missile and drone attacks, the hospital’s director said on Facebook.

2 June, 05:11 PM

Lithuania to allocate more than €10M to support Ukrainian children

Lithuania plans to allocate more than 10 million euros to support efforts to return Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, provide psychological and medical rehabilitation, strengthen child care systems and ensure accountability for war crimes, Andrii Sybiha said on May 11.

11 May, 05:55 PM

New Jean Reno novel explores Russian camps holding Ukrainian children

French actor Jean Reno has released a novel titled L’Évasion (The Escape), centered on Russia’s abduction of Ukrainian children, he said in an interview with Télé 7 Jours.

29 April, 10:35 AM

Yale report: Gazprom, Rosneft involved in deportations of 2,000 Ukrainian children

Russian state giants Gazprom and Rosneft helped transport and politically indoctrinate at least 2,158 Ukrainian children from territories under Russian occupation between 2022 and 2025, RFE/RL reported on March 25, citing the Yale School of Public Health.

26 March, 02:49 AM

Russia targets railway infrastructure in three regions

Russian forces struck railway infrastructure in three Ukrainian regions overnight into Feb. 26, including a direct drone hit on a children's railway in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine's Minister for Communities and Territories Development Oleksii Kuleba reported on Telegram.

26 February, 01:02 PM

Ukraine struggles to return its youngest deported children from Russia - Ombudsman

The most difficult group to return from Russia are the youngest Ukrainian children, as they are unable to assert their national identity themselves, Ukraine's Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said, Ukrinform reported on Dec. 10.

11 December 2025, 09:30 AM

Ukraine: Children of Hope premieres on Ukrainian TV - video

Ukrainian Dim TV channel will premiere the documentary Ukraine: Children of Hope by French director and photographer Maxime Vivien at 2:00 p.m. on Nov. 15.

14 November 2025, 12:50 PM

Former Kharkiv SES chief rescues children after kindergarten strike - video

A circulating photo showed a grey-haired civilian rescuing children after Russian attack on Kharkiv kindergarten — Major-General Oleksandr Volobuyev, former Kharkiv Oblast SES Chief, the kids charity fund head Yulia Konotoptseva wrote on Oct. 23.

23 October 2025, 01:13 PM

Putin responsive on abducted Ukrainian children—FLOTUS

First Lady of the United States Melania Trump announced she has an “open channel of communication” with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin when it comes to reuniting Ukrainian children abducted to Russia with their families.

10 October 2025, 10:43 PM

UK’s Princess Anne visits Ukraine unannounced, draws attention to children hurt by Russian aggression

Princess Anne, the sister of Britain’s king, made an unannounced visit to Kyiv to draw attention to Ukrainian children affected by Russia’s war, the BBC reported on Oct. 1.

1 October 2025, 11:45 AM

Seventeen more Ukrainian children returned from Russian occupation

Seventeen Ukrainian children and teenagers have been returned from Russian-occupied territory to areas under Kyiv’s control, Andrii Yermak, head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, said on Sept. 25.

26 September 2025, 11:25 AM

Kellogg reveals details of Melania Trump’s letter to Putin

U.S. special envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg disclosed details of a letter First Lady Melania Trump sent to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, RBC-Ukraine reported on Aug. 25.

25 August 2025, 04:53 PM

Trump administration actions hinder search for Ukrainian children abducted by Russia — Council of Europe envoy

Cuts to U.S. foreign aid and sanctions imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration on the International Criminal Court are obstructing efforts to track thousands of Ukrainian children taken by Russian forces during the war, a Council of Europe envoy told Politico on July 17.

18 July 2025, 10:33 AM

Hospice staff carry children to shelter during drone attack on Chernivtsi

During a Russian drone strike on the western Ukrainian city of Chernivtsi on July 10, staff at a children's hospice were forced to carry seriously ill children into a bomb shelter, according to Marta Levchenko, founder of the NGO City of Goodness and the hospice House of Butterflies.

11 July 2025, 02:22 PM

Danish schoolboy raised $8,000 for Ukrainian children

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy presented an award to Jens Fog Thomsen, a 11-year-old Dane who raised $8,000 for Ukrainian kids by selling his hand-made Easter decorations.

3 July 2025, 09:39 PM

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