Fourteen-year-old Anton’s life is in his neighbourhood in Kyiv, Ukraine. His home, school, football field. One night in September this year, a drone strike hit a nine-storey residential building nearby, changing his life overnight. “Two of my friends live in the building that was hit. They’re okay — I came straight away to look for them, and I’m very glad they’re safe. But others were hurt here — children,” he shares. Explosive weapons are destroying children’s lives and childhoods. Join us in calling on governments to stop using explosive weapons in populated areas. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gU2CvTUt
Condemning explosive weapons is essential yet global security policies remain unchanged because outrage rarely translates into enforcement
The images and stories of families torn apart, children displaced, and entire communities caught in the crossfire are heartbreaking. It’s hard to fathom the long-term emotional and psychological scars this will leave on the younger generation. Many of them are growing up in conditions of fear, instability, and trauma, when all they should be experiencing is safety and peace. It’s also deeply concerning how so many children have had to flee their homes, often with little more than the clothes on their backs. Some are living in shelters or even crossing borders into unfamiliar countries, separated from their homes and everything they’ve known.
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15hAnton’s story is a painful reminder that behind every headline, there are children whose entire world can change in a single moment. No child should have to navigate trauma, fear, or loss because explosive weapons are used in civilian areas. Protecting young lives must be a universal priority — and calling for an end to such weapons in populated zones is the least we can demand as a global community. #ProtectChildren #PeaceAndSecurity #HumanitarianResponsibility #UNICEF