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6 Ways Explosive Weapons Threaten Children

As armed conflicts move increasingly into cities and other populated areas, children are paying the price. [VIDEO]

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7-year-old Maksym wears a red winter coat and dark red cap.

Escape From Mariupol

Fleeing air strikes and artillery fire in Mariupol, 7-year-old Maksym and his family left home in a broken car.

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Maxim, 12, and Nazar, 6, stand outside the Siret Blue Dot center at the Romanian border on March 10, 2022, after fleeing Ukraine with their mothers.

See What a Unicef ‘Blue Dot’ Refugee Support Center Looks Like

A virtual tour of the Blue Dot center in Serit, Romania, one of 26 being set up to aid children and families fleeing war in Ukraine. [VIDEO]

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A child refugee from Ukraine stands in line with her mother at the border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova at Palanca on March 24, 2022.

More Than Half of Ukraine’s Children Displaced by War

One month into a brutal war, Ukraine's children are traumatized and in desperate need of assistance. UNICEF is there to help.

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Anastasia, a refugee from Ukraine, volunteers as a translator for newly arrived families at a UNICEF Blue Dot center in Siret, Romania.

A Volunteer Translator Helps Fellow Refugees From Ukraine

More than 3.7 million people from Ukraine — including 1.8 million children — have become refugees since Feb. 24. [VIDEO]

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Svitlana and her son Petro, who has a severe form of autism, at the UNICEF-supported Start Center for displaced children with special needs and their families in Lviv, Ukraine.

Protecting Children With Special Needs From War in Ukraine

The war in Ukraine has been extra tough on children with special needs and their families. [VIDEO]

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Adult and Child Observing Fire

At the Ukrainian Border, Families Search for Safety and Shelter

UNICEF is working with UNHCR and local partners to set up an expanding network of Blue Dot support hubs for refugees fleeing Ukraine.

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A mother holds her newborn baby, born in the basement of Kyiv Regional Perinatal Center amid shelling in March 2022.

Born Into War: Keeping Mothers And Babies Alive In Ukraine

As war unfolds all around them, new and expectant mothers in Ukraine are in desperate need of health services. UNICEF is there to help. [VIDEO]

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In Clarendon Hills, Illinois, the Giving Girls, a group of second-graders, show off some of the homemade bracelets they made to raise money to support UNICEF's work to help children caught up in the war in Ukraine.

Youth Host Fundraisers to Help Children Affected by War in Ukraine

Children and young people across the U.S. are raising money and awareness to support children and families caught up in the war in Ukraine.
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