According to Save the Children, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has turned the education of 5.5 million children upside down, with an average of 22 schools being attacked every day.
To document the war's impact on children, the international NGO is utilizing official government numbers from Ukraine's Ministry of Education and Science. According to the figures, at least 869 educational institutions have been damaged, accounting for around 6% of all schools in the country, with 83 being destroyed.
Russian Troops Cut Out Ukrainians' Tongues in Gruesome Atrocities
According to the UN refugee agency, over half of the Ukrainians who have fled the nation are youngsters. Since the war began, an estimated 4.2 million refugees have fled Ukraine, with another 6.5 million displaced within the nation. In the last six weeks, more than 10 million individuals - about a quarter of the population - have abandoned their homes. It's been a traumatic period for the 5.5 million youngsters who remain in Ukraine and their instructors as they try to return to school.
As displaced Ukrainians seek refuge from Russian attacks, some classrooms have been converted into emergency shelters. According to Save the Children, about 43% of school assaults took place in eastern Ukraine, the epicenter of the conflict that began in 2014, and more than 400,000 children lived before huge evacuations, according to ABC News.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russian forces in Ukraine of "cutting out citizens' tongues," among other heinous crimes. Zelensky briefed members of the UN Security Council on Tuesday about alleged strikes carried out by Russian President Vladimir Putin's army simply for fun in newly recaptured Ukrainian cities.
President Zelensky, who appeared via video connection, recalled victims being shot in the back of the head after being tortured, with their homes blown up with explosives and their automobiles crushed to death by tanks. He went on to say that those guilty should be charged with war crimes and hauled before a tribunal similar to the one set up after World War Two in Nuremberg.
His remarks came after disturbing photographs of what seemed to be civilian atrocities carried out by Russian forces on the outskirts of Kyiv surfaced in recent days, prompting dozens more Western countries to expel Moscow's diplomats, as per Independent.
Holocaust Expert Says Russia Carries Out Genocide in Ukraine
A Holocaust scholar told Newsweek that Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine, a conclusion he reluctantly reached after mounting proof of Putin's soldiers committing crimes as well as Moscow's rhetoric.
Despite President Joe Biden's statement that suspected atrocities in the Kyiv region were a "war crime," the US did not agree with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Russia was committing genocide. According to Zelensky, photos of dead residents in the Kyiv neighborhood of Bucha after Russian soldiers withdrew revealed Putin's desire to eradicate the entire nation and the people.
Although Biden has dubbed Putin as a "war criminal," White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan stated the level of systematic deprivation of life of Ukrainians has not yet reached the level of genocide. The Kremlin has denied accusations related to the murder of civilians in Bucha and said that "the facts, the chronology of events also don't speak in favor of the credibility of these claims," Newsweek via MSN reported.
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