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Lost childhoods: Ukraine's most innocent victims in Putin's war

The global demands for peace grow as humanitarian aid workers emphasize the war's devastating effect on children.

Four-in-five children live in poverty in Ukraine due to the destruction brought on by Russia's invasion
Four-in-five children live in poverty in Ukraine due to the destruction brought on by Russia's invasion (AN/Alex Fedorenko/Unsplash)

WASHINGTON (AN) – Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine reached the one-year mark with no end in sight, in a war proving especially cruel to the children being killed, crippled, orphaned or kidnapped by Russian forces.

Diplomats condemned the cruelty at Friday's meeting of the U.N. Security Council, but there was little they could do besides offering fiery speeches since Russia holds one of the 15-nation council's five veto-wielding seats.

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