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Hundreds of thousands of children have been caught up in the violence that has engulfed Ukraine, forcing them to witness violence, evacuations, abandonment and long fraught journeys to safety since Russia invaded the country five months ago.
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A refugee child fleeing from Ukraine gestures while waiting for transport at Nyugati station, in Budapest, Hungary, February 28. REUTERS/Marton Monus
People wait to board a train to Dnipro and Lviv during an evacuation effort from war-affected areas of eastern Ukraine, amid Russia's invasion of the country, in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine June 18. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Alexandra, 12, holds her sister Esyea, 6, who cries as she waves at her mother Irina, while members of the Jewish community of Odessa board a bus to flee Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Odessa, Ukraine, March 7. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis
A child fleeing Russian invasion of Ukraine reacts as she stands outside a tent at a temporary camp in Przemysl, Poland, March 1. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
Savelii, 10, mourns his father Ihor Krotkikh, 47, who according to his mother Alla Krotkikh, 42, was killed by shelling, as he stands by his grave during the death memorial weekend which marks a week after the Orthodox Easter, at the cemetery in
Local boy Faddei plays in a destroyed Russian military truck in the village of Kolychivka, in Chernihiv region, Ukraine, April 27. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko
Baby Illiusha rests inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, June 28. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Ukrainian children Andrii, 12 and Valentyn, 6, stand in a foxhole as they play Ukrainian military near their houses in the village of Stoianka, in Kyiv region, Ukraine, May 22, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
A child sleeps inside a pram next to a damaged van following a military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a residential area in Kharkiv, Ukraine June 8. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
A woman with a child evacuates from a residential building damaged by shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 16. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine/via REUTERS
A local man with kids rides a bicycle along an empty street, as smoke rises after shelling in the background, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine June 10. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak
A boy looks at a destroyed Russian infantry fighting vehicle during an exhibition displaying destroyed Russian military vehicles, amid Russia's invasion, in central Kyiv, Ukraine May 21. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
A child cries before boarding a train to Dnipro and Lviv during an evacuation of civilians from war-affected areas of eastern Ukraine, in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, June 25. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
A woman carries a child as they travel on an evacuation convoy from Russian troops' occupied Kupiansk town on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine May 30. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
A child is seen traveling on an evacuation convoy from Russian troops' occupied Kupiansk town in the outskirt of Kharkiv, Ukraine May 30. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
A child practices as he takes part in a massive training on first aid conducted by charitable foundations SMART Medical Aid and Together for Ukraine Foundation, next to the Lviv National Opera, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine May
A Ukrainian boy plays at the "Mariupol House of Mothers and Children" shelter in the town of Novomoskovsk, Dnipro region, Ukraine, April 23. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
A couple with their newborn baby take shelter in the basement of a perinatal center as air raid siren sounds are heard in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 2. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Local residents escape from the town of Irpin, after heavy shelling landed on the only escape route used by locals, in Irpin, near Kyiv, Ukraine, March 6. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB A man checks the body of his 13 year-old son, who was killed by a Russian military strike, in Kharkiv, Ukraine July 20. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova
SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB A woman and a child walk past a dead body in front of a residential building that was hit by a shell in the Obolon district in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 14. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Nina Stefuryak, 2, plays at the playground in front of a building, destroyed by shelling in Borodianka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, May 2. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Mykhaylo, 8, who was taken away from his widowed mother in the region of Lviv along with his 9-year-old brother and 16-year-old sister, plays with a ball in the garden of a state shelter in Lviv, Ukraine, March 23. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
A child stands on a destroyed Russian tank near Makariv, Kyiv region, Ukraine, May 7, 2022. REUTERS/Mikhail Palinchak
A child looks at a destroyed Russian infantry fighting vehicle during an exhibition displaying destroyed Russian military vehicles, amid Russia's invasion, in central Kyiv, Ukraine May 21. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
An elderly women comforts a child as they stay inside of an underground shelter located at a metro station in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 2. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
A girl looks out through a window of a van in the village of Nova Basan, in Chernihiv region, Ukraine, April 1. REUTERS/Serhii Nuzhnenko
A girl looks on at a display of Russian weapon systems used in their attacks, outside St Michael's Cathedral, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 29. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A two-month-old orphan boy, whom volunteers evacuated from the besieged city of Sumy, is seen at the Kyiv City Heart Center in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 20. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Children depict a Soviet-era monument to friendship between Ukraine and Russia after its demolition in central Kyiv, Ukraine, April 26. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Evacuees from the villages occupied by Russian soldiers arrive in the town of Brovary, near Kyiv, Ukraine, March 20. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
A Ukrainian boy rides on a scooter, in a residential neighborhood damaged by Russian shelling in Irpin, Ukraine, May 14. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah
Children play near an area where Ukrainian servicemen of the Territorial Defence Forces are taking part in a training exercise on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine June 17. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
Katya Buravtsova, 35, holds her son Illiusha inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, June 29. Buravtsova's second child, Illiusha, was born early, delivered at only 28 weeks. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Anna Melnychenko and her daughter Svyatoslava, rest at a school gym where they are taking refuge, in Uzhgorod, Ukraine, March 27. REUTERS/Serhii Hudak
Children look out from an evacuation train from Kyiv to Lviv as they say goodbye to their father at Kyiv central train station in central Kyiv, Ukraine, March 3. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Children arrive at the Polish border and take a bus to Przemysl, at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, March 23. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
A woman sits with children as evacuees, including civilians who left the area near Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, arrive at a temporary accommodation center in the village of Bezimenne in the Donetsk Region, Ukraine, May 1.
A child sits on a swing in front of a damaged residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 25. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Children sit in a bomb shelter in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the town of Rubizhne in the Luhansk region, Ukraine June 1. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Children play on destroyed Russian tanks displayed outside St Michael's Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine May 29. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A local boy stands with a Ukrainian serviceman near a military vehicle not far from the front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the Donbas region, Ukraine July 17. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Local residents stand next to a building destroyed during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the city of Lysychansk in the Luhansk Region, Ukraine July 4. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Police officers distribute aid to local residents, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Krasnohorivka, in Donetsk region, Ukraine June 16. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
A boy looks through the window of a minibus as he and his family are being evacuated, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, May 23. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Oleksii Berezovska runs along a corridor of an empty school where he and his family take shelter at an underground bunker, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, May 27, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria