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Polish police detain two suspects in xenophobic assault on Ukrainian siblings

Polish law enforcement authorities detained a 46-year-old woman and a 34-year-old man being investigated for an assault on two Ukrainian children in Bydgoszcz, Polish Radio reported on Aug. 18.

19 August, 11:20 AM

Ukrainian siblings attacked in Poland for speaking Ukrainian

A man and a woman attacked two Ukrainian teenagers in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz solely because they were conversing in the Ukrainian language, the Consulate General of Ukraine in Gdańsk reported on Aug. 16.

17 August, 10:31 AM

Sybiha condemns abuse of Ukrainian children in Poland

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha condemned the verbal abuse of Ukrainian children on a bus in Poland, saying such aggression and hatred "must not be tolerated in a European democratic society and state" on July 13.

13 July, 03:49 PM

Poland's parliamentary speaker visits Ukrainian teen beaten for speaking his language in Warsaw

Poland's parliamentary speaker Włodzimierz Czarzasty visited 16-year-old Ukrainian teenager Artem, who suffered a skull fracture and lost teeth after being attacked by Polish youths for speaking Ukrainian in Warsaw, condemning the assault and inviting the boy and his family to parliament, Czarzasty announced on Facebook.

25 May, 01:03 PM

Teen flees Donetsk, slams Russian propaganda in schools

A 19-year-old woman, after reaching adulthood, decided to leave temporarily occupied Donetsk for Ukrainian-controlled territory, sharing her journey with public broadcaster Suspilne Donbas on Aug. 10.

11 August 2025, 07:41 PM

19-year-old girl returns to Ukraine after 11 years under Russian pressure in occupied territory

A 19-year-old girl who spent 11 years under Russian pressure in occupied territory has been returned to Ukraine, Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak said on Telegram on Aug. 2.

2 August 2025, 10:04 PM

Zelenskyy awards posthumous Order of Freedom to Berdyansk teens murdered by Russian invaders

Volodymyr Zelenskyy posthumously awarded the Order of Freedom to teenagers Tigran Hovhannisyan and Mykyta Khanganov of Berdyansk, killed by Russian invaders in 2023 for their pro-Ukrainian stance, according to a decree published on the President’s website on July 19.

19 July 2025, 10:15 PM

Ukrainians return home after deadly France bus crash

The first group of 41 Ukrainians injured in a bus accident in France’s Sarthe department has departed for Ukraine, the Embassy of Ukraine in France reported on June 17.

17 June 2025, 12:23 PM

Zaporizhzhya teen on ventilator, faces amputation after Russian bombing

A 16-year-old boy is in critical condition on artificial ventilation with multiple injuries, a concussion, and facing amputation after a Russian guided aerial bomb strike on Dolynka village in Zaporizhzhya Oblast’s Polohy district, regional governor Ivan Fedorov reported on Telegram.

31 May 2025, 11:08 AM

SBU arrests teen sharing Defense Force positions with Russian FSB

A teen who spied on the Defense Forces positions in Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts and passed this information to Russia’s FSB was arrested, military counterintelligence department of Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) reported on May 20.

20 May 2025, 02:15 PM

13-year-old Ukrainian karateka refuses photo with 'neutral' Russian - video

Ukrainian athlete Yevhenii Melnyk, competing in the under-45 kg category, won a bronze medal at the Youth Karate League in Guadalajara, Spain, but refused to take the traditional group photo with a “neutral” athlete, karate.project wrote on April 6.

7 April 2025, 02:14 PM

Russia refuses to return bodies of two slain pro-Ukrainian teens from Berdyansk, citing terrorism law

Russia has not returned the bodies of two teens from Berdyansk, Tyhran Ohannisyan and Mykyta Khanhanov, who were killed by Russian forces in the summer of 2023 for their pro-Ukrainian stance, lawyer Andriy Yakovlev told Radio Liberty on Oct. 24.

24 October 2024, 04:55 PM

Schoolchildren from occupied Luhansk Oblast spend month at military training camp in Siberia

Teenagers from the temporarily occupied Bilovodsk in Luhansk Oblast spent more than a month at a camp near Novosibirsk, where they took a basic soldier training course conducted by Russian forces, Luhansk governor Artem Lysohor reported on Sept. 2.

2 September 2024, 11:15 AM

Two Ukrainian teens arrested for setting fire to military vehicles in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Two teenagers, aged 15 and 18, were arrested in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast for setting fire to three AFU military vehicles, Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) reported on Aug. 12.

13 August 2024, 09:35 AM

Germany begins trial for suspects in murder of Ukrainian basketball players

The trial of four teenagers accused of murdering two young basketball players from the Ukrainian national team began in Oberhausen in western Germany on Aug. 12, news outlet DW reported.

13 August 2024, 09:00 AM

Russian authorities plan secret burial for Ukrainian teens killed in Berdiansk

Russian occupation authorities in Berdiansk plan to secretly bury Ukrainian teenagers Tihran Ohannisyan and Mykyta Khanhanov, killed a year ago, the Media Initiative for Human Rights reported on July 3, citing Tihran's father.

3 July 2024, 01:17 PM

Russians force Ukrainian children to produce dry rations for soldiers

In the temporarily occupied territories, Russians are forcing Ukrainian children to produce dry borscht and other food products for their military, the National Resistance Center (NRC) reported on June 24.

25 June 2024, 11:08 AM

Ukrainian police uncover 16 cases of Russia recruiting teens for military vehicle arson

Ukrainian law enforcement has uncovered 16 cases where Russian operatives recruit Ukrainian teenagers through social media to commit arson on military vehicles, Yuriy Kuzmenko, First Deputy Chief of the Criminal Search Department of the Ukrainian National Police, announced on national television on June 19.

19 June 2024, 06:46 PM

Over 2,000 children missing in Ukraine, nearly 20,000 deported to Russia – National Police

Over two thousand children are missing within the country, with nearly 20,000 deported to Russia, of whom only 388 have successfully returned home, as of May 16, National Police press service reported on Facebook.

16 May 2024, 06:40 PM

Three children among five wounded in Russian missile attack on Kharkiv school

A Russian missile attack hit the grounds of a school in Kharkiv, leaving five people wounded, including two boys, ages 13 and 15. Kharkiv Governor Oleh Synehubov reported the details on Telegram on May 8.

8 May 2024, 03:40 PM

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