How Canada should intervene to protect Ukrainian children

Military strikes are not the only cause of children’s suffering in Ukraine. For over a year, Russian forces have conducted a campaign of displacing and deporting children out of Ukraine.

With the comprehensive Bring Kids Back UA plan, unveiled by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on May 31, Canada has a chance to make a valuable contribution to saving Ukrainian children, writes Erik Kucherenko.Photograph courtesy of Flickr/President of Ukraine

Opinion

BY ERIK KUCHERENKO

June 5, 2023

On June 1, as Ukraine marked the International Day for the Protection of Children—typically a celebratory day in many post-Soviet countries—10 Russian missiles struck its capital, Kyiv, killing three civilians, including a nine-year-old girl. Another child lost her mothe...

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