In April 2014, concurrent Anti-Maidan demonstrations held by pro-Russian separatists in Donbas (eastern Ukraine), turned into hostilities with the Ukrainian armed forces. It was indeed held on 16 March 2014 and ended with a result of 95.5 percent votes in favour of joining Russia, with a turnout of 83 percent of people. On 6 March 2014, the Crimean Parliament announced its decision to secede from Ukraine and join the Russian Federation and at the same time, it was decided that a referendum on the status of Crimea would be held. Following the protests of Euromaidan and the consequent fall of the Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich on 26 February 2014, pro-Russian forces took control of strategic positions and captured the parliament in Crimea. There are two significant events leading to the current Ukrainian crisis – the events in Crimea from the beginning of 2014 and the events that have been taking place in eastern Ukraine starting from the second half of 2014 (Szpak, 2017, 261). ![]() Hundreds of thousands of children and their families have been internally displaced and, since 24 February 2022, over two million refugees have fled the country (Council on Foreign Relations, 2022) in search of safety – the majority being women and children. The ongoing conflict in Ukraine poses an immediate and growing threat to the lives and well-being of the country’s 7.5 million children (UNICEF, 2022).Ĭhildren have been killed, wounded, uprooted and severely distressed by the escalating violence all around them (Denton, 2022). In light of the recent events in Ukraine, it is important to emphasise maintaining peace and protection for all children in Ukraine.
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