Ukraine is facing a dire situation as children are being sent to the front lines to fight against Russian troops. Reports indicate that women and children are being mobilized due to a shortage of military-age males. Russian forces are shelling cities like Toretsk, leading to evacuations of families with children. Both Russia and Ukraine have been involved in evacuating children from border regions due to the ongoing conflict.
Five thousand children have been evacuated from #Russia’s #Belgorod region bordering Ukraine following weeks of deadly bombardment by Kyiv, the region’s governor says. https://t.co/tTX6BN9MZD
Ukraine says Russian shelling kills two in east, urges civilians to evacuate ➡️ https://t.co/V9NIXz1yaa https://t.co/RcdxJuHvv1
Russia Evacuates 5,000 Children From Border Region After Kyiv Attacks https://t.co/5OgZyeLxdd https://t.co/IDQJTppe06
🔴 Authorities in Belgorod, the Russian city hit hardest by the war, said last week that 9,000 children would be moved to other regions after a spate of cross-border shelling and drone strikes killed over a dozen civilians. Follow the latest ⬇️ https://t.co/2ZygwNFfZi https://t.co/dOerT0CVZO
😔🇺🇦 Long before its war started in Ukraine, Russia began a campaign to “evacuate” Ukrainian children to its own or occupied territory... ▪️Deported or forcibly displaced – 19,546; ▪️Missing – 2,067; ▪️Returned – 24,808; ▪️Killed during the war – 537. https://t.co/iGB5nxLZR5
Police help evacuate families with children from the city of Toretsk, near Bakhmut, which is being shelled by Russian troops with artillery, missiles, and aerial bombs every day. 📹 DW https://t.co/R6B7ktqVPD https://t.co/EcJEi9hvcR
🚨🇺🇦 This is a bus full of 17 year olds heading to fight on the front line in Ukraine against Russia Ukraine has run out of military age males and are sending women and children instead Why won’t Zelensky accept peace? https://t.co/HiVDNjKZbg
🇺🇦This is sad. Children are sent to the front in Ukraine https://t.co/mI1l5yfkGq