UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nearly two-thirds of all Ukrainian children have fled their homes in the six weeks since Russia’s invasion, and the United Nations has verified the deaths of 142 youngsters, though the number is almost certainly much higher, the U.N.
Highlights
- Nearly two-thirds of all Ukrainian children have fled their homes in the six weeks since Russia’s invasion.
- The United Nations has verified the deaths of 142 youngsters, though the number is almost certainly much higher.
- Russia has reportedly drafted a bill to simplify and accelerate adoption procedures for orphans and even those who have parents and other relatives.
- Of the displaced children, 2.8 million are in Ukraine and 2 million more are in other countries, UNICEF’s emergency programs director who just returned from Ukraine says it is “quite incredible” He said it is something he hadn’t before seen happen so quickly in 31 years of humanitarian work.