These blog posts are a compilation of Irwin’s op-eds, publications, media interviews, and a variety of other features.
It is increasingly difficult to determine how many Ukrainian children have been killed, injured, or severely traumatized by Russia’s brutality since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. The latest formal reports from United Nations agencies suggest that some 500 children have been killed and more than 800 severely injured as collateral casualties of the war.
Ukraine’s children matter to us. They are in the midst of an unrelenting catastrophe, dragged into a war, not of their choosing. Ukraine and the West will need all these kids to grow up educated and strong, ready to take on the enormous task of rebuilding the country that Vladimir Putin is trying to destroy. And that matters to us, too.
Ukraine's children are in trouble—and it's much more than their lives being at risk; it's the future of Ukraine itself. Children have been severely impacted by this unprovoked war. Hundreds of children have died in eastern or southern Ukraine since Feb. 24, and hundreds more have been injured – some severely.
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