Unchildish stories: children's rights violated by russia

The aggressor country disregards international law in general and the laws of warfare in particular. And russia systematically violates the fundamental principles of child protection.

They are stipulated by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as in other international and national legislative acts.

It is not only about the right of every child to life. And not only about the fact that military aggression took away children's childhood.

What exactly are the rights of children that were violated by russia? The Museum of Civilian Voices of the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation put stories about this together in a separate collection.

 Many of my russian groupmates pretended they were for peace. But when I had left they wrote: Die!
27.02.2024
Valeriya Halych
"Many of my russian groupmates pretended they were for peace. But when I had left they wrote: "Die!"
My mother covered me and my brother with her body
24.07.2024
Kyrylo Garyaga
"My mother covered me and my brother with her body"
 Buses came to the village to deport the children to Russia. My grandmother hid us
27.02.2024
Kateryna
"Buses came to the village to deport the children to Russia. My grandmother hid us"
“We thought that our son would die of hunger…”
03.05.2023
Iryna Volodymyrivna Kindsfather
“We thought that our son would die of hunger…”
My grandson cried for the first two weeks: Mister, dont shoot, uncle, dont shoot
19.05.2023
Svitlana Serovetnik
"My grandson cried for the first two weeks: "Mister, don't shoot, uncle, don't shoot"
“I turn around in our flat, screaming twice, “Vitya!” And I hear only the deadly silence in response”
05.12.2022
Natalia and Oleksandr Dedovy
“I turn around in our flat, screaming twice, “Vitya!” And I hear only the deadly silence in response”
“Above you, a house is burning. In the yard, shells are exploding. And you are in the basement. And you can’t do anything!”
23.12.2022
Danylo Lysykh
“Above you, a house is burning. In the yard, shells are exploding. And you are in the basement. And you can’t do anything!”
“The tank stopped in front of the hospital. No sooner had we helped the women get into the basement than it fired! My ears started ringing”
16.04.2023
Vladyslav Vareniuk
“The tank stopped in front of the hospital. No sooner had we helped the women get into the basement than it fired! My ears started ringing”
Our daughter gave birth to our granddaughter in Bucha without electricity, water, and without any birth attendant at delivery
19.10.2022
Kateryna Timchenko
"Our daughter gave birth to our granddaughter in Bucha without electricity, water, and without any birth attendant at delivery"
“My wife and mother-in-law died. There was no neurosurgeon. There was no one to operate. Two hours later, my daughter also died”
04.05.2023
Illya Plokhikh
“My wife and mother-in-law died. There was no neurosurgeon. There was no one to operate. Two hours later, my daughter also died”
“All the children were standing covered in blood. They said, “Mum, we were fired upon! Elysey is no more!”
01.04.2023
Hanna Ryhlyk
“All the children were standing covered in blood. They said, “Mum, we were fired upon! Elysey is no more!”
“I begged that my children were told that I was alive”
22.05.2023
Evgeny Mezhevy
“I begged that my children were told that I was alive”
“This is such a pain – impossible to describe it”
31.01.2023
Ilya and Olena Matvienko
“This is such a pain – impossible to describe it”
Three generations of my family died. I am the only one left
28.06.2022
Volodymyr Obodzynskyi
"Three generations of my family died. I am the only one left"
My children were lying on the asphalt road. They were dead…
06.04.2022
Serhiy Perebyinis
"My children were lying on the asphalt road. They were dead…"
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