Shocking protest in Ukraine: more than 100 empty strollers pay tribute to children killed in the invasion

Lviv City Hall placed 109 strollers in tidy rows, one for every minor killed since the beginning of the Russian invasion

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A general view of 109 empty prams placed in the center of Lviv during the "Price of War" campaign organised by local activists and authorities to highlight the large number of children killed in ongoing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Lviv, March 18, 2022. REUTERS/Pavlo Palamarchuk
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Lviv City Hall placed 109 strollers in tidy rows, one for every child killed since the beginning of the war, according to Ukrainian authorities
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Lviv City Hall placed 109 strollers in tidy rows, one for every child killed since the beginning of the war, according to Ukrainian authorities
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Children from Lviv watch strollers
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Lviv, in western Ukraine, has attracted hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians seeking refuge away from the war front
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“Remember your children when they were young and they were sitting in strollers like these,” said Zhuravka Natalia Tonkovyt, a Canadian citizen of Ukrainian origin who was passing by, speaking as if addressing Russian mothers
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“Some (children) will not be put in these strollers because they are dead. Compare them to your own children, remember your feelings towards your own children... I don't want to see any empty strollers,” he added.
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Russia says its action in Ukraine is a special military operation and that it does not target civilians
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The campaign is called “The Price of War”, and was organized by activists and local authorities
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In addition, according to Unicef data, every second a child becomes a refugee because of the war in Ukraine
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Ninety percent of refugees are women and children (REUTERS/Roman Baluk)

Photos: REUTERS/Roman Baluk/Pavlo Palamarchuk

(With information from Reuters)

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