Ukraine

Families in Ukraine are turning to increasingly desperate measures to survive power blackouts as attacks on energy facilities have left them without heating and water in one of Ukraine’s coldest weeks this winter.

Freezing temperatures of up to –20 degrees Celsius (-4F) have forced the closure of many schools across Ukraine so far this year, after a near doubling of attacks on energy infrastructure causes widespread power outages with a state of emergency declared today, Save the Children said.

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Record numbers of attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine in the past two months have forced school closures and also disrupted the remote learning that children have relied upon for nearly four years of war, said Save the Children

The equivalent of about 150 classrooms of children have been killed or injured in Ukraine since the start of full-scale war

Children in frontline areas of Ukraine have lost 25% more days of learning due to the war than the world’s longest COVID-19 school closures, as a lack of bomb shelters means it is still too dangerous to for children to attend class, Save the Children said today.

Over a dozen schools and kindergartens have reportedly been damaged in a deadly attack on Dnipro this morning, with at least two children injured when a train was shelled. The attack came just over 24 hours after a round of drone and missile strikes in Kyiv killed nine people including an 11 year old child, Save the Children said.

There must be no further delays in unlocking the frozen billions for children in Ukraine currently sitting with Chelsea Football Club, Save the Children said as the UK Government threatened to sue former club owner Roman Abramovich.

KYIV, 28 May, 2025 – Air raid sirens forced children in Ukraine to miss an average of one in every five school lessons during the past academic year that ends this week with pupils preparing the third consecutive summer under war, Save the Children said.

More children have been killed and injured over the past five days in Ukraine than during the entire month of January, said Save the Children as ceasefire talks come to a close in Saudi Arabia.

Almost 5,000 trained foster families are needed in Ukraine to help children currently living full-time in institutions move into safer family-based care arrangements, especially as the war leaves more children without parental care and at risk of being admitted into institutions, Save the Children said.

Save the Children responds to reports that drone and missile attacks in Donetsk region last night have killed 11 people, and injured 30, including five children.

A 12-year-old boy with Downs Syndrome in Ukraine who has been left severely emotionally distressed by a lifetime of conflict is at risk of becoming homeless due to foreign aid cuts, Save the Children said, as the child rights organisation shared examples of the impacts on cash assistance work around the world.

Following three years of bombardments and attacks across the country, thousands of families and children in Ukraine have experienced catastrophic loss. Not only have many lost their loved ones and homes, they have also lost their incomes, savings and support networks, while the cost of rent, utility bills and food has risen sharply.

New analysis, released on the eve of International Day of Education, shows 576 education facilities in Ukraine – including schools, kindergartens and universities – were damaged or destroyed in 2024 compared to 256 education facilities in 2023.

Analysis of Save the Children’s case management data from January to June 2024 reveals 43% of these children are suffering from psychosocial distress.

New analysis, released on World Children’s Day, shows more than half a million babies have been born in Ukraine between February 2022 and August 2024.

It’s been reported that six children were injured when the southern cities of Odessa and Mykolaiv were attacked.

This winter is predicted to be the toughest yet for children and their families since the full-scale war broke out almost three years ago due to a combination of weather conditions, infrastructure damage, power blackouts and a lack of access to essential services such as healthcare.

"Even far away from the frontline children can never be truly safe from attacks"

Three in four children in Ukraine are living in constant fear amid an escalating mental health crisis, with recent missile and drone attacks

About two-thirds of children in frontline regions of Ukraine cannot attend school in person

Children injured in one of the biggest attacks on Ukraine since start of full-scale war

Child casualties in Ukraine surge by nearly 40% in the first half of this year, in nearly 900 days of war. Save the Children press release

At least 700 children have been evacuated from border towns in Ukraine's northern Kharkiv region after intensified fighting displaced thousands.

Press release on March being the most dangerous month for children in Ukraine since last July

Nearly 600 children have died in the war in Ukraine, while those seeking safety in the EU only have one year left on their temporary protection status

Constant bombardments, mines, and drone attacks have left a generation traumatised, displaced and fearful for their lives

As the war in Ukraine enters its third year, around 630,000 children have been displaced and returned home to face extreme needs

Olga Shults, Save the Children’s Food Security and Livelihoods manager, Ukraine, explains the hard choices families have to make when forced to flee.

Children in Ukraine who are terrified to step on the ground due to the high prevalence of land mines or explosive remnants of war

Rural families in the southern Mykolaiv region of Ukraine are recovering from war-induced losses with new members of the family: cows and chickens.

A teacher's account on what life is like for students and teachers at the frontline of the war in Ukraine

Ukrainian refugee children miss their family, friends, and pets, and worry about not knowing the local language

More than 40% of children in Ukraine will not be able to go back to school fulltime when classes open 1 September

Child casualties in Ukraine increased by more than 16% between May to August compared to the previous four months

More than one million people in Ukraine are experiencing severe water shortages following the Kakhovka Dam explosion, depriving children of safe drink

Millions more children face hunger as Black Sea grain corridor not renewed

Cohort of Ukrainian school leavers opted to abstain from graduation this year with their final studies wrecked by 17 months of war

Kramatorsk railway station survivor Zoriana*, 12, is drawing her home in Kramatorsk at her school in a village in western Ukraine