How many children have been killed in Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine? A new Meduza investigation finds at least 940.

The war Russia launched has killed hundreds of thousands of people and harmed millions. Exactly how many are children is unknown. The two sides keep their own counts, but their methods differ, making comparisons difficult. Official U.N. figures also appear incomplete. Meduza examined all available information, checked it against as many public sources as possible, and established a minimum number of children who have died during the war. The answer is in the headline.Caution: This article contains accounts of children’s deaths.What Meduza countedWe counted everyone killed who was under 18. This matches the definition the U.N. uses to count casualties in international conflicts. Ukrainian and Russian law use the same age limit.Our analysis drew on data from international organizations and Ukrainian and Russian authorities, as well as:Social media posts by people close to the childPosts by schools and hospitalsOfficial statements from local authoritiesLaw enforcement reportsNews articles and other public sourcesAlmost every death we counted was corroborated by two or more sources. In some cases involving occupied areas or hard-to-reach places near the front, a statement from local authorities was the only source. We recorded those deaths when the statement specified where and on what date the child died. We excluded reports lacking these details from our database.We classified deaths by where the child died rather than by citizenship, because Russia forced people in occupied areas to obtain Russian documents. For Ukraine, we therefore counted children who died within the country’s 1991 borders — including annexed Crimea and Sevastopol, as well as occupied parts of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions. For Russia, we counted only deaths within its internationally recognized territory, excluding Ukrainian regions.This distinction follows the U.N. General Assembly’s resolution on Crimea and the resolution adopted after the annexation of four Ukrainian regions.It also prevents some deaths from being counted twice.We do not give the children’s surnames in this article, but we used them in our analysis to ensure an accurate count. In all, we found the full names or first names of 409 children: 372 in Ukraine and 37 in Russia. We most often found their names in posts or statements from relatives, schools, hospitals, rescue services, prosecutors’ offices, courts, and local authorities, as well as news reports and memorial projects. International organizations such as the U.N. do not publish this information.The war Russia launched has killed more than 940 childrenAs of early September 2026, at least 940 children had died because of the war:873 in Ukraine67 in RussiaFor Ukraine, our count began with the figure published by the U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission: By August 31, 2026, the U.N. had confirmed the deaths of 835 children. Meduza’s count runs through October 9 and supplements the U.N. data with news reports and official statements about individual deaths. These account for another 38 deaths.Using the same method, we confirmed 67 children’s deaths in Russia.These figures differ from the countries’ own estimates. As of October 9, 2026, the Ukrainian government’s Children of War (Dity Viiny) website reported 755 children killed. Russia’s Foreign Ministry reported 264 as of June 30, 2026, in its latest statement on the subject.There is a simple explanation for the gap. Ukraine’s figures include confirmed deaths across the country, including occupied parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, but coverage of those areas is incomplete: Investigators often cannot obtain documents or reach the places where children died. Russia’s figures include victims in Crimea, Sevastopol, and other occupied areas as well as within Russia.Our count is also a minimum estimate. The actual toll is almost certainly higher: The U.N. itself cautions that it cannot quickly verify every report of a child’s death, particularly in places where fighting has continued for a long time.The number of child casualties began rising faster in 2026. In Ukraine this July, the number of children killed or injured reached its highest level since the first months of Russia’s full-scale invasion. In Russia, 32 children died between January and early October — more than in any previous full year of the war.Ukraine: 873 killedAt least 873 children’s deaths have been confirmed within Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders. Ukrainian authorities’ data show that more than half of the children — 450 — died between February and December 2022.Information about the first months of the invasion remains incomplete. In a report on children affected by war, the U.N. said at least 120 children died in Mariupol between February and April 2022. The actual number could be much higher: Independent researchers have been unable to enter the Russian-occupied city.The exact number of people killed in the March 16, 2022, strike on the Mariupol Drama Theater remains unknown. Hundreds of civilians, including children, were sheltering inside. The word “CHILDREN” was written in enormous letters on the ground in front of and behind the building.The Associated Press later estimated the death toll at around 600. That figure circulated widely but remained unconfirmed. Amnesty International confirmed at least 12 deaths. The human rights organization concluded that more than 12 people had died, but probably far fewer than 600.How many of those killed in the theater were children is unknown. One of the few victims identified by name was 2-year-old Karolina. During the attack, she was on the theater’s second floor with her mother and older sister. Karolina and her parents died; her sister and grandparents survived. Karolina’s last words were: “Grandma, I’m with you.”Children killed in other regions ranged in age from newborns to 17-year-olds. One of the youngest was 2-month-old Uliana. She died in Kryvyi Rih with her mother and two brothers, 2-year-old Demyd and 10-year-old Kyrylo, after a Russian ballistic missile hit their home.On April 4, 2025, a missile exploded directly above a residential neighborhood in Kryvyi Rih, near a playground. Nine children, ages 3 to 17, were killed in that single attack; most were playing in the park when the missile struck. U.N. staff visited the site and saw marks left by hundreds of fragments on swings, slides, trees, and houses. “It’s an unimaginable horror,” said U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk. The mission said the attack killed more children than any other since the war began.On November 19 of that year, Russia attacked Ternopil with drones and cruise missiles. The missiles hit apartment buildings, killing at least 38 people, including eight children, and injuring another 99. In one building, 5-year-old Kamila and 18-month-old Nazar died with their mother. Their father was in another room during the strike and survived; he spent the next three days waiting by the ruins while rescuers searched for his family.In another building, the same strike killed 17-year-olds Artem and Ruslan, who had been friends since kindergarten. After the first explosion, their families left the building and ran toward a shelter. The teenagers did not reach it in time and were killed by the next explosion.Russia: 67 killedMeduza confirmed 67 children’s deaths within Russia’s internationally recognized territory:Two in 2022Six in 202319 in 2024Eight in 202532 from January through September 2026The children died in 13 regions. Almost half — 30 — died in the Belgorod region, near the front. Another 14 died in the Krasnodar region, seven in the Kursk region, five in the Bryansk region, and three in the Moscow region. These five regions account for 59 of the 67 deaths.Russia’s Foreign Ministry previously reported 264 children killed. On October 1, it issued a separate estimate of 70 children killed since the beginning of 2026. One reason the counts differ is that the ministry includes figures from occupied areas: Crimea, Sevastopol, and captured parts of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions.Of the 264 deaths reported by Russia, Meduza could link only 99 to specific events and corroborate them through other sources. Of these, 44 are already included in our count, while another 55 occurred within Ukraine’s internationally recognized territory.For the remaining deaths, Russian authorities published no dates, specific locations, or other information that would allow us to check them. We feel obliged to cite this estimate here, but we cannot call it well founded.The children’s ages are known in 58 cases. The youngest was 6 months old. His name was Yelisey. During the night of June 30, 2026, a Ukrainian drone hit his family’s house in the Moscow region. The second-floor bedroom, where the boy was with his mother, bore the brunt of the impact. Rescuers searched for Yelisey under the rubble for a long time. He suffered severe burns and died on the way to the hospital.His 6-year-old brother, Matvey, was pulled out almost unharmed, but after the ordeal he did not speak for more than a day. Their parents were admitted to intensive care. Yelisey’s mother had one leg amputated, then the other after she was transferred to another hospital; his father underwent several complex operations.Two-year-old Grisha died on June 12, 2025, in Borisovka in the Belgorod region. His grandmother was pushing him in a stroller around the building that day when a Ukrainian drone hit the apartment building. The child was taken to the hospital with a head injury. Doctors tried for several hours to save him.In Novorossiysk, a Ukrainian drone fell onto a house. An 8-year-old boy died at the scene, while his mother and 6-year-old brother suffered severe injuries and burns. The child was buried in his school uniform: He was due to start second grade in a few weeks. His father is listed as missing in action.Five-year-old Tolya suffered severe burns in a Ukrainian drone attack on a public beach in Kursk. Citing witnesses, Kursk Governor Alexander Khinshtein said the boy had tried to shield his mother with his body. The child died the next day while being transported to a Moscow hospital.We found five other deaths that are unquestionably connected to the war but do not meet the international criteria for counting war casualties. We nevertheless believe they must be mentioned.Three of these five deaths were murders committed by men who had returned from the war.Former Wagner Group fighter Vladimir Vlasov struck his stepdaughter several times shortly after he was demobilized. The girl died at the scene.Artem Buchin, who had previously been convicted of rape and murder and was pardoned so he could be sent to the front, raped his former wife after returning, then killed her and her 7-year-old daughter.Vladimir Alexandrov of Nizhny Tagil, who had also returned from the war, raped and strangled his 11-year-old neighbor Anastasia Yakina.Buchin and Alexandrov received life sentences. A court sentenced Vlasov to 14 years in a penal colony.What Russia and Ukraine say about the children killedRussian officials and state media regularly call those killed in Russia and occupied areas “victims of the Kyiv regime.” This narrative emerged long before the full-scale invasion.In May 2015, a memorial opened in occupied Donetsk with the inscription “Alley of Angels. In memory of the children of Donbas who were killed.” A granite slab bore 66 names. Russia’s Investigative Committee later described the children as “girls and boys aged 1 to 18” and said they had died in Ukrainian shelling.On the morning of February 24, 2022, when Putin announced the full-scale invasion, he said he was starting the war to protect people “who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.” Three weeks later, he explicitly linked this argument to children’s deaths: Western countries, he said, “looked away for the past eight years while mothers in Donbas buried their children.”Children’s deaths during the war in Donbas are not a propaganda fabrication. But the Alley of Angels memorial does not name every child killed during that period of the Russian-Ukrainian war: It includes only those whom authorities in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic declared victims of Ukrainian shelling. Some children, however, died when mines or other munitions of unknown origin exploded. And children killed by shelling from separatists and Russian forces are simply absent from the list.In all, the U.N. confirmed the deaths of 152 children between April 2014 and the end of 2021. Another 80 children died aboard MH17, which Russia shot down; the organization counts them separately. Since the full-scale invasion began, at least 940 children have died in Ukraine and Russia in a much shorter period — six times as many.The Ukrainian government considers the deaths of children key evidence that the war is criminal. As early as March 7, 2022, Ukraine’s U.N. representative, Sergiy Kyslytsya, said at the U.N. Security Council that “Russian occupiers are killing Ukrainian children — deliberately and cynically.” At the time, Kyiv had reported 38 children killed and called on the U.N. to force Russia to agree to a ceasefire.After the most severe attacks, Volodymyr Zelensky typically did not cite overall statistics but pointed to specific cases. When a Russian missile killed a 3-month-old girl in Odesa in April 2022, he said that killing children had become “the Russian Federation’s new national idea.” After nine children died in Kryvyi Rih in April 2025, he said: “It is wrong and dangerous to stay silent about the fact that it is Russia that is killing children with ballistic missiles.”* * *Russian propagandists, officials, and Putin himself still invoke the events of 2014–2022 to justify the attack on Ukraine. But once Ukrainian strikes on Russian cities became routine, they added several new arguments to this rhetoric.At an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting following the shelling of Belgorod on December 30, 2023 — which killed five children — Vasily Nebenzya called the attack “a deliberate act of terrorism” and blamed not only Ukraine but also the United States, the United Kingdom, and European Union countries that supply it with weapons.A new storyline emerged in this narrative in 2026, triggered by a Ukrainian strike on two colleges in Russian-occupied Starobilsk, where 21 people were killed. Some of those wounded were minors: The initial list of the wounded included 16 teenagers ages 15 to 17. All the teenagers who died were legal adults: the youngest had turned 18 four days before the strike. Russian human rights ombudswoman Yana Lantratova, and propagandists who followed her lead, pointedly described those injured or killed as children when discussing the attack.Kremlin propaganda also claims that AI developed by the American company Palantir deliberately selected the college as a target. Vladimir Solovyov declared Palantir and its head, Alex Karp, directly responsible for the strike. He also blamed them for the deaths of children in Gaza and Iran, calling what was happening “the bloody harvests of Satanists,” and demanded “revenge for the children.” Military commentator Alexander Artamonov said that strikes on children supposedly constitute “a special method of warfare.”Ukraine does cooperate with Palantir. Shortly before the attack, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry reported using AI to analyze combat data, identify targets, and plan operations. It has also been proven that Palantir’s technology was used in the strike on a school in Iran. But there is no independent confirmation that Palantir was involved in selecting the target in Starobilsk, let alone that it deliberately chose a student dormitory.A few days later, rhetoric about those killed in Starobilsk turned into a direct call for revenge — specifically, according to the propagandists, revenge against children. Military commentator Yuri Baranchik said on the radio station of Komsomolskaya Pravda, the pro-Kremlin Russian tabloid, that in response “the children of Zelensky and Yermak should die.” Host Ivan Pankin pushed back, arguing that children should not be held accountable for their parents’ actions. Baranchik insisted that their deaths would strike a painful blow against Ukraine’s leadership.Russian media have also justified, and even welcomed, strikes on Ukrainian cities that killed children. After a strike on a pizzeria in Kramatorsk in June 2023 killed, among others, two 14-year-old sisters and a 17-year-old girl, Andrei Kartapolov, head of the State Duma’s defense committee, said on propagandist Vladimir Solovyov’s show: “The strike on Kramatorsk was simply brilliant!” He added: “My old military heart rejoices.”After nine children died in Kryvyi Rih in April 2025, military blogger Yuri Podolyaka called the dead civilians “accidental casualties” and blamed their deaths partly on their own carelessness.The U.N., Russia’s Foreign Ministry, and the office of Ukraine’s prosecutor general did not respond to Meduza’s requests by the time this story was published.List of the deadBehind every number is a real child’s life.The list below includes 518 of the dead children. We know the names of 409 of them. In another 93 cases, only the age is known, sometimes approximately. For 16 children, Meduza was able to establish only the place of death.We included in this list only victims about whom we were able to learn at least something. The remaining 422 children in the overall count come from the U.N.’s list — we were unable to find enough information to describe each of them individually. The actual number of children killed is likely even higher.It is worth explaining why Meduza includes U.N. statistics but not Russia’s Foreign Ministry figures.Neither the U.N. nor Russia’s Foreign Ministry publishes a complete list naming the children killed. The difference is in how they verify information and how thoroughly they explain the basis for their overall death toll.The U.N. monitoring mission describes its methodology in detail. Staff compare accounts from witnesses and relatives, medical and court documents, investigation records, photographs, videos, and official statements. Where possible, they visit the site. For a death to be included in the statistics, the combined evidence must provide “reasonable grounds to believe” that the event happened as described in the accounts and documents. This does not guarantee an error-free count, but it is a defined, publicly stated verification standard.The U.N. mission operates under a mandate from the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, rather than the Russian or Ukrainian government, and documents violations by both sides. Its count extends beyond territory controlled by Kyiv: For example, of the 669 children’s deaths confirmed for 2022–2024 in a thematic report, 148 occurred in Russian-occupied areas.Russia’s Foreign Ministry is an agency of the state that launched the war. Its reports focus exclusively on victims of actions the Kremlin blames on Ukraine. This does not in itself make the reports of deaths false — the report’s compilers said they gather data from Russia’s Emergencies Ministry, Health Ministry, ambulance services, and regional authorities. But the U.N. explains how it verifies each death before including it in the count. The Foreign Ministry does not disclose how it checks reports or ensures that the same child has not been counted twice. We therefore cannot verify its overall figure.1. Serhiy P., 2 days, Vilniansk2. Sofiia K., 23 days, Shyroka Balka3. Name unknown, newborn girl; exact age unknown, near Tsyrkuny4. Ivan F., 1.5 months, near Nova Kakhovka5. Uliana K., 2 months, Kryvyi Rih6. Roman, 2 months, Kyiv7. Kira H., 3 months, Odesa8. Name unknown, 3 months, Marhanets9. Tymofiy H., 4 months, Odesa10. Mykhailo K., 5 months, Kharkiv11. Yelisey, 6 months, Yegoryevsk12. Daryna H., 6 months, Irpin13. Yelyzaveta K., 7 months, Odesa14. Emiliia F., 7 months, Zaporizhzhia15. German R., 1 year, Belgorod16. Valeria Ch., 1 year, Belgorod17. Nazar Ye., 1 year, Ternopil18. Denys D., 1 year, Yurivka19. Nikol D., 1 year, Yurivka20. Liudmyla K., 1 year, Lyman21. Danylo L., 1 year, Skadovsk22. Polina S., 1 year, Borodianka23. Myroslava, 1 year, Bohodukhiv24. Dmytro, 1 year 2 months, Kherson district25. Yefrem S., 1 year 6 months, Vorozhba26. Ivan O., 1 year 6 months, Uman27. Adam, 1 year 6 months, Zaporizhzhia28. Sofiia Sh., about 18 months, Romny29. Makar H., 1 year 6 months, Dnipro30. Kyrylo, 1 year 6 months, Mariupol31. Kyrylo Kh., 1 year 6 months, Mariupol32. Myroslava L., 1 year 6 months, Mariupol33. Name unknown, 1 year 6 months, Kharkiv34. Oleksiy L., 1 year 6 months, Pryluky35. Artem K., 1 year 7 months, Kryvyi Rih36. Tymur K., 1 year 7 months, Havronshchyna37. Kyrylo M., 1 year 7 months, Pryluky38. Mykhailo B., 1 year 8 months, Kamianka39. Oleh H., 1 year 9 months, Slobozhanske40. Oleksandr A., 1 year 9 months, Pryluky41. Maksym K., 2 years, Sloviansk42. Veronika M., 2 years, Dnipro43. Yelyzaveta K., 2 years, Sevastopol44. Alexey S., 2 years, Razumnoye45. Lev L., 2 years, Kyiv46. Anhelina H., 2 years, Kyiv47. Grigory B., 2 years, Borisovka48. Siranush, 2–3 years, Horodyshche49. Demyd K., 2 years, Kryvyi Rih50. Olena K., 2 years, Lyman51. Stepan Sh., 2 years, Novi Petrivtsi52. Ivan, 2 years, Bohodukhiv53. Vladyk, 2 years, Bohodukhiv54. Name unknown, 2 years, Kyiv55. Tymofiy, 2 years, Hlevakha56. Emiliia I., 2–3 years, Hlevakha57. Matviy, 2 years, Oleksandrivka, Donetsk region58. Karolina B., 2 years 7 months, Mariupol59. Tymofiy K., 2 years 10–11 months, Mariupol60. Yeva S., 3 years, Rivne61. Mark P., 3 years, Odesa62. Tymofiy Ts., 3 years, Kryvyi Rih63. Mykhailyna F., 3 years, Dnipro64. Arina K., 3 years, Izium65. Matviy M., 3 years, Chernihiv66. Milana M., 3 years, Chernihiv67. Oryna A., 3 years, Mariupol68. Arina B., 3 years, Mishkovo-Pohorilove69. Nikola H., 3 years, near Husarivka, Kharkiv region70. Dima, 3, 4, or 5 years, Pukhivka71. Mykyta P., 3 years, Izium72. Name unknown, 3 years, a suburb of Voronezh73. Name unknown, 3 years, Dnipro74. Name unknown, 3 years, Voznesensk district75. Liza D., 4 years, Vinnytsia76. Dmytro B., 4 years, Bilopillia77. Amina A., 4 years, Belgorod78. Eva Z., 4 years, Belgorod79. Kirill K., 4 years, Oktyabrsky80. Emiliia K., 4 years, near the village of Nove81. Denys L., 4 years, Chernechchyna82. Davyd D., 4 years, Ternopil83. Maxim, 4 years, Arkhipo-Osipovka84. Leo, 4–5 years, Horodyshche85. Klym Ch., 4 years, Bucha86. Mykyta K., 4–5 years, Volnovakha87. Dominika H., 4 years, Mariupol88. Pavlo K., 4 years, Mariupol89. Sofiia P., 4 years, Ternopil90. Zhanna, 4 years, Chernihiv91. Name unknown, 4 years, Oleksandrivka, Donetsk region92. Zlata R., 4 years 6 months, Odesa93. Kyrylo P., 5 years, Sumy94. Nikol H., 5 years, Kyiv95. Dmytro B., 5 years, Velykyi Bobryk96. Anatoly M., 5 years, Kursk97. Ivan, 5 years, Voskresensk98. Kamila Ye., 5 years, Ternopil99. Milana O., 5 years, Sumy100. Sonya, 5 years, Arkhipo-Osipovka101. Emiliia D., 5 years, Sumy102. Vladyslav A., 5–6 years, Kherson103. Semen K., 5 years, Kyiv104. Kyrylo D., 5 years, Komysh-Zoria105. Artem Ye., 5 years, Mariupol106. Polina K., 5 years, Donetsk107. Oleksandryna K., 5 years, Mariupol108. Vsevolod K., 5 years, Zelenivka109. Name unknown, 5 years, near Tsyrkuny110. Name unknown, 5 years, Tarasivka111. Name unknown, 5 years, Sartana112. Name unknown, 5 years, Nizhnekamsk113. Sofiia H., 6 years, Chernihiv114. Anastasia M., 6 years, Belgorod115. Nastya, 6 years, Primorsko-Akhtarsk116. Dmytro Sh., 6 years, Mohrytsia117. Borys Z., 6 years, Velyka Chernechchyna118. Yehor L., 6 years, Chernechchyna119. Yevheniia S., 6 years, Ochkine120. Emiliia V., 6 years, Radushne121. Emiliia B., 6 years, Lviv122. Sofiia F., 6 years, near Nova Kakhovka123. Milana Ch., 6 years, Hirsk124. Kira A., 6 years, Velykyi Burluk125. Maksym D., 6 years, Izium126. Nazar H., 6 years, Novodmytrivka127. Myroslava K., 6 years, Donets128. Matviy M., 6 years, Kyiv129. Name unknown, 6 years, Chaplyne130. Name unknown, 6 years, Volnovakha district131. Name unknown, 6–7 years, Hirnyk132. Name unknown, 6 years, Henichesk133. Alisa H., 7 years, Okhtyrka134. Vadym I., 7 years, Sumy135. Maksym Zh., 7 years, Vinnytsia136. Bohdana K., 7 years, Seredyna-Buda137. Yaroslav P., 7 years, Belgorod138. Ruslan S., 7 years, Rivne139. Milana, 7 years, Chornomorsk140. Mykyta Ch., 7 years, Hlukhiv141. Danyil Z., 7 years, Poltava142. Arina S., 7 years, Kryvyi Rih143. Radyslav, 7 years, Kryvyi Rih144. Makar D., 7 years, Zaporizhzhia145. Anhelina Ye., 7 years, Mariupol146. Matviy A., 7 years, Bakhmut147. Oleksiy B., 7 years, Kostiantynivka148. Karyna Ch., 7 years, Oskil149. Name unknown, 7 years, Nikolayevo-Daryino150. Name unknown, 7 years, Bohynivka community, Synelnykove district151. Name unknown, 7 or 12 years, Andreyevskoye152. Kyrylo P., 8 years, Vinnytsia153. Ivan P., 8 years, Dnipro154. Uliana T., 8 years, Uman155. Volodymyr B., 8 years, Tseniava156. Ivan K., 8 years, Hroza157. Zlata P., 8 years, Odesa158. Mykhailo, 8 years, Synelnykove159. Avrora G., 8 years, Belgorod160. Sofiia A., 8 years, Sevastopol161. Anastasiia S., 8–9 years, Kyiv162. Andriy S., 8 years, Kyiv163. Stanislav M., 8 years, Korostyshiv164. Ameliia H., 8 years, Ternopil165. Illia, 8 years, Dnipro166. Yaroslav K., 8–9 years, Selydove167. Yeva S., 8 years, Ochakiv168. Roman Zh., 8 years, Kamianka169. Sofiia A., 8 years, Mariupol170. Marharyta H., 8 years, Bezruky171. Veronika Kh., 8 years, Zaporizhzhia172. Oleksandr H., 8 years, Vysunsk173. Dmytro K., 8 years, Kharkiv174. Sofiia K., 8 years, Kramatorsk175. Mariia M., 8 years, Novohrodivka176. Kira M., 8 years, Kharkiv177. Alina H., 8 years, Pavlohrad178. Makar T., 8 years, Novorossiysk179. Maksym R., 8 years, Shyroke community, Kryvyi Rih district180. Name unknown, 8 years, Donetsk181. Name unknown, 8 years, Oleksandro-Kalynove182. Name unknown, 8 years, Cherkasy183. Name unknown, 8 years, Novoliubymivka184. Name unknown, 8 years, Ryazan185. Name unknown, 8 years, Ramenskoye urban district186. Name unknown, 8 years, Mykhailivka187. Name unknown, 8 years, Rakitnoye, Belgorod region188. Maksym I., 8 years, Pryluky189. Vasylisa P., 9 years, Dnipro190. Mykyta L., 9 years, Zaporizhzhia191. Pavel P., 9 years, Kistyor192. Bohdan S., 9 years, Rivne193. Serhiy P., 9 years, Odesa194. Kristina B., 9–10 years, Kostiantynivka195. Illia D., 9 years, Sumy196. Sofiia Ya., 9 years, Poltava197. Herman T., 9 years, Kryvyi Rih198. Hordiy U., 9 years, Kharkiv199. Hlib K., 9 years, Stepanivka200. Matviy Ch., 9 years, Bucha201. Anastasiia K., 9 years, Volnovakha202. Oleksandr P., 9 years, Lyman203. Illia Ch., 9 years, Chernihiv204. Veronika D., 9 years, between Lyman and Sloviansk205. Valeriia K., 9 years, Mariupol206. Viktoriia I., 9 years, Kyiv207. Yeva K., 9 years, Sloviansk208. Denys K., 9 years, Zelenodolsk209. Sofiia Sh., 9 years, Velyke Artakove210. Arina P., 9 years, Izium211. Name unknown, 9 years, Maysky212. Name unknown, 9–10 years, Volodarske213. Name unknown, 9 years, Lysychansk214. Name unknown, 9 years, Dolynka215. Name unknown, 9 years, Kerch216. Yehor P., 10 years, Sumy217. Alisa O., 10 years, Kramatorsk218. Tymofiy I., 10 years, Zaporizhzhia219. Alina B., 10 years, Uman220. Dariia V., 10 years, Kryvyi Rih221. Trokhym B., 10 years, Kharkiv222. Yekaterina P., 10 years, Apanasovka223. Daryna B., 10 years, Vilniansk224. Maksym S., 10 years, Kyiv225. Kyrylo K., 10 years, Kryvyi Rih226. Sofiia D., 10 years, Sumy227. Oleksiy K., 10 years, Izium228. Dmytro U., 10 years, Chernihiv229. Vladyslav A., 10 years, near Lyman230. Artem A., 10 years, Rybakivka231. Denys, 10 years, Vasylivka district232. Name unknown, 10 years, Malomykhailivka233. Name unknown, 10 years, Kramatorsk234. Name unknown, 10–11 years, Kakhovka district235. Name unknown, 10 years, Oleshky236. Dmytro R., 11 years, Serhiivka237. Vladyslav R., 11 years, Chaplyne238. Sofiia Sh., 11 years, Uman239. Stanislav N., 11 years, Bohatyr240. Valeriia Kh., 11 years, Kostiantynivka241. Maksym M., 11 years, Sumy242. Mariia S., 11 years, Kyiv243. Milana S., 11 years, Sloviansk244. Maksym V., 11 years, Kyiv245. Azariy Ilai V., 11 years, Radushne246. Oleksandr M., 11 years, Tokarivka247. Radmir M., 11 years, Tokarivka248. Sviatoslav, 11 years, Chuhuiv249. Sofiia, 11 years, Lozova community250. Dariia P., 11–12 years, Nikopol251. Tamara M., 11–12 years, Korostyshiv252. Artem K., 11 years, Shyroka Balka253. Danylo Kh., 11 years, near Krasne, Chernihiv region254. Mariia A., 11 years, Mariupol255. Kateryna D., 11 years, Mariupol256. Anna H., 11 years, Lyman257. Mykyta B., 11 years, Slobozhanske258. Anastasiia H., 11 years, Chuhuiv259. Volodymyr Kh., 11 years, Novoselivka260. Hlib F., 11 years, Kherson261. Artem M., 11 years, Mykolaiv262. Oleksandr S., 11–12 years, Kharkiv263. Name unknown, 11 years, near Polohy264. Name unknown, 11 years, Donetsk265. Name unknown, 11 years, Pokrovske community, Synelnykove district266. Name unknown, 11–12 years, Dokuchaievsk267. Name unknown, 11 years, Donetsk268. Name unknown, 11 years, Printsevka269. Vasilisa S., 12 years, Novaya Tavolzhanka270. Daniil Z., 12 years, Borova271. Alexander K., 12 years, Klimovo272. Margarita P., 12 years, Apanasovka273. Kirill P., 12 years, Belgorod274. Mariia M., 12 years, Kharkiv275. Ilya G., 12 years, Starodub district276. Diana Z., 12 years, Poltava277. Marharyta T., 12 years, Samar district278. Kyrylo H., 12 years, Svesa community, Sumy region279. Liubava Ya., 12 years, Kyiv280. Yevhen Sh., 12–13 years, Znob-Novhorodske281. Maksym, 12 years, Kyiv282. Sofiia P., 12 years, Chernihiv283. Veronika K., 12 years, Yahidne284. Oleh B., 12 years, Lukashivka285. Sofiia K., 12 years, Mariupol286. Renata K., 12 years, Mariupol287. Sofiia K., 12 years, Mariupol288. Oleksiy L., 12 years, Mariupol289. Polina O., 12 years, Mariupol290. Albina B., 12 years, Izium291. Mykola B., 12 years, Mykhailivka292. Maksym K., 12 years, Beryslav293. Yeva L., 12 years, Dnipro294. Vladyslav M., 12 years, Rakivka295. Arina Sh., 12 years, Kherson296. Masha, 12 years, Markhalivka297. Adriana U., 12 years, Lviv298. Kateryna K., 12 years, Donetsk299. Name unknown, 12 years, Kostiantynivka300. Name unknown, 12 years, Vasylkivka community, Synelnykove district301. Name unknown, 12 years, Vasylivka302. Name unknown, 12 years, Syzran303. Name unknown, 12–13 years, Horlivka304. Yaroslav B., 13 years, Trostianets305. Sofiia H., 13 years, Uhroidy306. Mykola R., 13 years, Selydove307. Liza P., 13 years, Kharkiv308. Uliana V., 13 years, Sumy309. Oleksandra M., 13 years, Znob-Novhorodske310. Amir M., 13 years, Tokarivka311. Leila F., 13 years, Dnipro312. Oleksandr Sh., 13 years, Anysiv313. Yakiv Ch., 13 years, Kharkiv314. Vladyslav D., 13 years, Hirske315. Alina D., 13 years, Malyi Burluk316. Anastasiia D., 13–14 years, Lyptsi317. Olha K., 13 years, Izium318. Dmytro K., 13 years, Kharkiv319. Pavlo L., 13 years, Ivanivka320. Dmytro O., 13 years, near Dytiatky321. Oleksandr T., 13 years, Borodianka322. Name unknown, 13 years, Rylsk district323. Name unknown, 13 years, Yasynuvata324. Name unknown, 13 years, Peresadivka325. Name unknown, 13–14 years, Horlivka326. Name unknown, 13 years, Grayvoron327. Name unknown, 13 years, Printsevka328. Name unknown, 13 years, Kreminna329. Name unknown, 13 years, Krasnodar330. Name unknown, 13–14 years, Lipetsk municipal district331. Name unknown, 13 years, Bylbasivka332. Oleksandr Ts., 13–14 years, Katerynivka, Kharkiv region333. Iryna I., 13 years, Pryluky334. Maksym A., 14 years, Trostianets335. Viacheslav Ya., 14 years, Odesa336. Dmitry Kh., 14 years, Shebekino337. Anna A., 14 years, Kramatorsk338. Yuliia A., 14 years, Kramatorsk339. Iryna, 14 years, Rozdolne340. Oleksandra, 14 years, Synelnykove341. Mariia S., 14 years, Kyiv342. Yehor A., 14 years, Hlukhiv343. Anna K., 14 years, Sumy344. Mariia T., 14 years, Kyiv345. Anastasiia B., 14 years, Sumy346. Dmytro K., 14 years, Izium347. Volodymyr O., 14 years, Yurivka348. Vladyslav D., 14 years, Komysh-Zoria349. Bohdan Kh., 14 years, near Krasne, Chernihiv region350. Kateryna P., 14 years, Lyman351. Hlib Zh., 14 years, Chernihiv352. Dmytro S., 14 years, Nova Basan353. Ivan B., 14 years, Lukashivka354. Valentyn M., 14 years, Lyzunivka355. Ihor Ch., 14 years, Sloviansk356. Anastasiia L., 14 years, Mariupol357. Ivan B., 14 years, Izium358. Borys D., 14–15 years, Kharkiv359. Sofiia H., 14 years, Kharkiv360. Arseniy K., 14 years, Kukhari361. Denys K., 14 years, Kolonshchyna362. Mykyta K., 14 years, Starosillia363. Maksym L., 14 years, Havronshchyna364. Nazariy K., 14 years, Kyiv365. Name unknown, 14 years, Dnipro366. Name unknown, 14 years, Logachyovka367. Name unknown, 14 years, Donetsk368. Name unknown, 14 years, Polohy district369. Name unknown, 14–15 years, Kostohryzove370. Name unknown, 14 years, Tuapse371. Name unknown, 14 years, Kramatorsk or Bilenke372. Name unknown, 14 years, Novopskov district373. Name unknown, 14 years, Krasnodon district374. Name unknown, 14–15 years, near the settlement of Kharkivske375. Name unknown, 14–15 years, Sevastopol376. Name unknown, 14 years, Boryspil district377. Name unknown, 14–15 years, between Krasna Poliana and Stepne, Donetsk region378. Name unknown, 14 years, Kyiv379. Illia H., 14 years, Vyshhorod380. Vladyslav L., 14 years, Krolevets community381. Maksym U., 14 years, Krolevets community382. Artem P., 15 years, Sumy383. Artem O., 15 years, Belgorod384. Bohdan D., 15 years, Bilopillia385. Denys M., 15 years, Odesa region386. Illia H., 15 years, Vilniansk387. Alina K., 15 years, Kryvyi Rih388. Danylo N., 15 years, Kryvyi Rih389. Mykyta, 15 years, Kryvyi Rih390. Aneliia Sh., 15 years, Ivano-Frankivsk391. Mariia P., 15 years, Kyiv392. Nataliia K., 15 years, Solova393. Alyona, 15 years, Suzemka394. Davyd K., 15 years, Kryvyi Rih395. Oleksiy L., 15 years, Uman396. Ivan I., 15 years, Blystavytsia397. Anna F., 15 years, Dnipro398. Mariia L., 15 years, Dnipro399. Anna Ch., 15 years, near Kolychivka400. Kateryna A., 15 years, near Kolychivka401. Maksym Sh., 15 years, near Kolychivka402. Dmytro Ye., 15 years, Birky403. Ihor D., 15 years, Vorzel404. Valeriia Kh., 15 years, Pavlohrad405. Dmytro H., 15 years, Malokaterynivka406. Ivan H., 15 years, Myrnohrad407. Arina Ya., 15 years, Motyzhyn408. Oleksandr K., 15 years, Kherson409. Mykola K., 15 years, Chuhuiv410. Nadiia L., 15 years, Kostiantynivka411. Kateryna Sh., 15 years, Borodianka412. Name unknown, 15 years, Arkhanhelske413. Name unknown, 15 years, Velyki Kopani414. Name unknown, 15 years, Mena community, Koriukivka district415. Name unknown, 15 years, Volchya Alexandrovka416. Name unknown, 15–16 years, Kamianka-Dniprovska417. Name unknown, 15 years, Kairy418. Name unknown, 15 years, Kryvyi Rih district419. Name unknown, 15 years, Krasnodar420. Name unknown, 15 years, Mykhailivka, Zaporizhzhia region421. Ruslan B., 15 years, Synelnykove422. Anna K., 15 years, near Rykove423. Anastasiia K., 16 years, Kramatorsk424. Valeriia Sh., 16 years, Kramatorsk425. Daryna B., 16 years, Kramatorsk426. Oleksiy Ye., 16 years, Kramatorsk427. Roman B., 16 years, Pozhnia428. Alexandra P., 16 years, Belgorod429. Ivan Sh., 16 years, Shebekino430. Vladyslava A., 16 years, Kostiantynivka431. Kostiantyn, 16 years, Kryvyi Rih432. David Z., 16 years, Belgorod433. Viktoriia K., 16 years, Barvinkove434. Anastasiia O., 16 years, Chernihiv435. Dmytro Ch., 16 years, Mariupol436. Maksym K., 16 years, Mariupol437. Dariia A., 16 years, Druzhba438. Dmytro B., 16 years, Rubizhne, Kharkiv region439. Ivan K., 16 years, Kharkiv or the surrounding area440. Eduard L., 16 years, Barvinkove or the surrounding area441. Dariia K., 16–17 years, Khorly442. Name unknown, 16 years, Kreminna443. Name unknown, 16 years, Kharkiv444. Name unknown, 16 years, Shakhtarsk445. Name unknown, 16 years, Rubizhne446. Name unknown, 16 years, Krasnodar447. Name unknown, 16 years, Sevastopol448. Melaniia/Milana, 16 years, Lyman, Perevalsk district449. Name unknown, 16–17 years, Sofiivka, Kakhovka district450. Kateryna, 16 years, Sumy451. Name unknown, 16 years, near Chornukhyne452. Kyrylo P., 17 years, Uman453. Yevheniia H., 17 years, Kramatorsk454. Valeriia S., 17 years, Kramatorsk455. Danil B., 17 years, Nikolskoye, Belgorod region456. Yekaterina S., 17 years, Belgorod457. Kyrylo Zh., 17 years, Kharkiv458. Nikoleta B., 17 years, Vilniansk459. Karyna B., 17 years, Kyiv460. Uliana-Khrystyna M., 17 years, Zaporizhzhia461. Mykyta, 17 years, Kryvyi Rih462. Oleh K., 17 years, Sumy463. Danylo Kh., 17 years, Kyiv464. Roman M., 17 years, Korostyshiv465. Bohdan H., 17 years, Sumy466. Roman H., 17 years, Kyiv467. Nina M., 17 years, Kyiv468. Artem M., 17 years, Ternopil469. Ruslan B., 17 years, Ternopil470. Oleksandr Shch., 17 years, Znob-Novhorodske community, Sumy region471. Vira Ya., 17 years, Kyiv472. Mark V., 17 years, Radushne473. Maksym B., 17 years, Dnipro474. Hanna K., 17 years, Anysiv475. Bohdan S., 17 years, Mokhnatyn476. Yevheniy S., 17 years, Mokhnatyn477. Anastasiia N., 17 years, Mariupol478. Rinat T., 17 years, Mariupol479. Karyna B., 17 years, Berestyn480. Emir B., 17 years, Semykhatka481. Vira B., 17 years, Mishkovo-Pohorilove482. Viacheslav H., 17 years, Mykolaiv region483. Serhiy H., 17 years, Novoselivka-3484. Yelyzaveta Ya., 17 years, Mykolaiv485. Vitaliy F., 17 years, between Khrystoforivka and Dobra Krynytsia486. Ivan M., 17 years, Vilniansk487. Daniil Sh., 17 years, between Hostomel and Horenka488. Anastasiia S., 17 years, Kozacha Lopan489. Roman T., 17 years, Rzhyshchiv490. Maryna H., 17 years, Kyiv491. Veronika K., 17 years, Dnipro492. Name unknown, 17 years, Horlivka493. Name unknown, 17 years, Kreminna494. Name unknown, 17 years, Irmino495. Name unknown, 17 years, between Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk496. Name unknown, 17 years, Vorozhba community497. Anastasiia K., 17 years, Mezhova498. Oleksandr H., 17 years, Synelnykove499. Polina K., age unknown, Kyiv500. Alina H., age unknown, Kyiv501. Anastasiia H., age unknown, Kyiv502. Name unknown, age unknown, Rostov-on-Don503. Name unknown, age unknown, Kramatorsk504. Name unknown, age unknown, Kramatorsk505. Name unknown, age unknown, Khorly506. Name unknown, age unknown, Yaroslavl municipal district507. Name unknown, age unknown, Crimea508. Name unknown, age unknown, Dnipro509. Name unknown, age unknown, Shebekino510. Name unknown, age unknown, Arkhipo-Osipovka511. Name unknown, age unknown, Arkhipo-Osipovka512. Name unknown, age unknown, Yeysk district513. Name unknown, age unknown, Yeysk district514. Name unknown, age unknown, Krasnodar515. Name unknown, age unknown, Velyka Bilozerka516. Name unknown, age unknown, Kyiv517. Maria P., age unknown, Novorossiysk518. 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