The number of injured children as a result of full-scale Russian aggression has increased to 1,384

As of February 14, 2023, at least 1,384 children were injured in Ukraine as a result of the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation.

This was reported by the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office.

According to official data, 461 children died and 923 were injured of various degrees of severity.

It is noted that on February 3, a 14-year-old boy was wounded as a result of enemy shelling in the city of Liman, Donetsk region.

Children were most affected in Donetsk region — 444, Kharkiv — 272, Kyiv — 123, Kherson — 87, Zaporizhzhia — 84, Mykolaiv — 83, Chernihiv — 68, Luhansk — 66, Dnipropetrovsk — 64.

These data are not final, because work is ongoing to establish them in the places of hostilities, in temporarily occupied and liberated territories, the Prosecutor General’s Office added.

At the same time, 3,126 educational institutions were damaged due to bombing and shelling by the armed forces of the Russian Federation, 338 of them were completely destroyed.

On March 8, an enemy aerial bomb landed in the house where Margarita’s entire family was hiding from the invaders. 12 relatives of the girl died immediately. Only she and her mother survived. According to psychologists, Margarita has clear signs of severe grief, she wants to become a detective in the future, and her most cherished wish is for her father to be alive again.

During the war, the Medical Advisory Commission (MAC) can establish the disability of children remotely.

The experience that Ukrainians are living today in the conditions of a full-scale war is unique. It transforms into scars, and they become stories that must be lived and preserved. Today, it is extremely important to rethink the collective trauma of war, and especially children’s trauma. Fighting for Ukrainian children on the psychological front now means taking care of a safe and healthy environment in the future.

Russian-fascist troops nationalize the property of Ukrainian citizens in the temporarily occupied territories.

This was stated by Svitlana Makedonska, head of the Primorye city military administration of Berdyan district.

“Each month, the occupation authorities are tightening the screws.” People live in the occupied territories, like in a ghetto. All norms of international law have been violated. People cannot move freely. The occupation authorities require the presence of passes issued in Berdyansk and Melitopol, so that residents can move in their own vehicles,” Makedonska said.

According to the official, the occupation authorities require people to provide documents regarding their ownership of housing and land plots, otherwise the housing will be nationalized.

“The occupation authorities are also interested in business. Entrepreneurs who had shops, cafes, recreation centers are forced to re-register. The property of people who left or did not submit such documents is nationalized by the occupying power,” Makedonska said.

The Russian occupiers in Ukraine not only destroy civilian infrastructure, kill thousands of people and loot property in the occupied territories. Ukrainian culture became one of the goals of the invaders: in the captured cities, the Russians banned Ukrainian symbols, removed Ukrainian textbooks from the libraries and forced schoolchildren and students to study according to the Russian curriculum, as well as massively and on a staggering scale, they stole objects of cultural heritage. In Kherson alone, before the retreat, the occupiers looted at least 15,000 objects of fine art and unique artifacts. What losses did the Ukrainian cultural heritage suffer during the full-scale war and what efforts are currently being made to return the stolen – in the material of the Center for Public Monitoring and Control.

The biggest looting of culture since the Second World War

The scale of the objects of cultural heritage looted by the Russians in Ukraine is actually impressive. Ukraine is now carefully cataloging the losses in the de-occupied territories. At least 30 museums in the Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Kharkiv regions are known to have been robbed.

Among the valuables are unique paintings and archaeological artifacts. In particular, the occupiers took all the valuables of the Mariupol Art Museum to the previously occupied Donetsk – more than 2,000 exhibits. Scythian gold was stolen from the Melitopol Local History Museum. Before retreating from the city, the occupiers took the paintings from the Kherson Museum to the occupied Crimea in two trucks.

As of January 25, the Ministry of Culture counted 1,271 damaged immovable objects of cultural heritage.

Stealing objects of cultural heritage by the Russians is not the crime of individual soldiers, but a permanent strategy. As reported by the human rights organization Human Rights Watch, before the retreat of the Russian army from Kherson, about 70 specialists arrived in the city, who organized the evaluation of paintings and other artifacts, and led the looting of museums.

Such crimes, the Minister of Culture of Ukraine Oleksandr Tkachenko is sure, are not only a way to profit from stolen values, but also an attempt to destroy Ukrainian cultural identity.

In the end, Ukraine accused the Russian Federation of violating the 1954 Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property, which both countries had to sign in due course. The treaty calls on signatories to “prohibit, prevent and, if necessary, end all forms of theft” of cultural property.

Return the loot

Currently, Ukrainian law enforcement officers, lawyers and art historians are collecting evidence for the future prosecution of cultural crimes. In particular, they are cataloging the stolen goods and looking for witnesses. It cannot be done without the help of international partners.

Ukraine conducts multifaceted cooperation with the governments and organizations of various countries to prevent the illegal traffic of cultural values. Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine Kateryna Chuyeva told about this during a briefing at the Media Center Ukraine — Ukrinform.

“There was and is very intensive communication with various organizations: largely under the umbrella of UNESCO, the European Commission, other EU bodies, all possible governmental and intergovernmental committees, public and professional organizations,” Chueva said.

The International Council of Museums has specially developed Red Lists for Ukraine together with Ukrainian museologists. Stolen Ukrainian exhibits were brought there, which will now not be able to enter the museums of other countries.

Also, in order to monitor the sale of looted goods, Ukraine cooperates with the British specialized organization The Art Loss Register, writes The New York Times. More than 2,000 Ukrainian exhibits have already been registered in the organization’s database. The United States helps track the number of libraries, museums, and monuments destroyed by the Russians. In particular, the human rights organization PEN America.

It was possible to save something

Some cultural values ​​were literally saved from the fire. For example, when a Russian projectile hit the Ivankov Museum in Kyiv region, where two and a half dozen works of Ukrainian artist Maria Pryimachenko were kept, the canvases were saved by local residents who simply carried the paintings out of the burning building during the shelling. Such examples of Ukrainian heroism are not isolated. For example, the director of a museum in Luhansk region, when she left the already occupied territory, took exhibits instead of her own things. She told Deutsche Welle about it. And some museums arbitrarily, without waiting for orders from local authorities, took responsibility and evacuated cultural values. This is what the management of the Kharkiv Literary Museum did.

In order to avoid new losses of cultural objects, according to the head of the All-Ukrainian Association of Museums, Serhiy Krolevets, legislative changes are necessary. In particular, museums and other cultural institutions should be empowered to make vital decisions about the evacuation of exhibits.

The Russian occupiers practically do not give people a chance to survive without obtaining a Russian passport.

According to the Russian mass media, starting from June 11, 2022, the issuing of Russian passports began in the temporarily occupied Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. However, the occupation administration takes various coercive measures to force local residents to obtain the document.

Human rights defender, founder of the “Eastern Human Rights Group” Pavlo Lysyanskyi explained that as of the beginning of 2023, according to published data, about 100,000 Russian passports were issued in the territory of the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia region. At the same time, the Kremlin developed a series of measures to force residents of the occupied regions to obtain a Russian passport.

Thus, in December of last year, by Putin’s decree, it was forbidden to hold state and municipal positions with Ukrainian citizenship, in particular in the occupied territories. Thus, even a small official, including in educational and medical institutions, had no choice – either to quit his job, or to get a Russian passport.

Another law is aimed at pensioners. Thus, according to the draft law adopted by the State Duma in the first reading on February 7, pensioners can receive money only if they present documents confirming their permanent residence in the occupied territories. 

And the early Russian laws determined exactly what documents a pensioner in the occupied territories should present – a Russian passport with a registration mark at the place of residence.

The same is also done with families who want to receive at least some kind of social assistance for newborns – without Russian citizenship, it is impossible to receive financial assistance. As of January 1, 2023, 41,240 families have already been issued maternity capital and passported in the occupied territories.

Another method invented for the occupation administrations concerns the registration of vehicles and the issuance of driver’s licenses to residents of the “LDРR”, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. Yes, from December 14, 2022, such services are possible only in the presence of a Russian passport.

“So the Russian occupiers practically do not give people a chance to survive without getting a Russian passport. The Kremlin creates economic and social conditions, forces people to get Russian passports, and then hypocritically boasts about the results,” said Lysyanskyi.

It is noted that the Russians do not provide data on passporting in the occupied Kherson and Luhansk regions, apparently due to problems with passporting in the temporarily occupied territories, he added.

Pensioners will be able to apply for a pension and receive a Russian passport until February 29, 2024.

In 2023, it is planned to allocate 321.4 billion rubles from the federal budget of Russia for pensions to residents of Ukrainian regions occupied by Russia. According to the estimates of the Russian government, more than 1.7 million pensioners live in the occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions.

As of January 1, 2023, 14,240 families were issued maternity capital and passported in the occupied territories.

On December 14, 2022, the resolution of the Russian government entered into force, which determined the specifics of providing state services for registering vehicles and issuing driver’s licenses to residents of the “Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics”, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. During the first month of the decree, over 55,000 state services were provided to residents of the occupied territories of Ukraine by units of the State Traffic Inspection of the Russian Federation across the country, of which 34,000 services were for exchanging driver’s licenses, and 21,000 were for vehicle registration.

It is noted that the provision of services is possible in the presence of a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation or a residence permit in the Russian Federation and documents confirming permanent residence in the territory of the “LPR”, “DPR”, Zaporizhzhia or Kherson regions.

On December 19, the Federal Law “On Peculiarities of the Legal Status of Citizens of the Russian Federation Who Have Ukrainian Citizenship” was submitted to the State Duma of the Russian Federation. Also, a citizen will not be considered to have Ukrainian citizenship from the moment of submitting an application to the Russian internal affairs bodies. It will be possible to do this electronically on the “Gosuslugy” portal.

At the same time, from the date of submission of the specified application, such citizens undertake to refrain from exercising the rights and fulfilling the duties of a citizen of Ukraine, including receiving and using a passport of a citizen of Ukraine and other documents certifying citizenship of Ukraine or containing an indication of citizenship of Ukraine, with the exception of cases when the specified actions take place with the aim of terminating the citizenship of Ukraine and other cases, if necessary, provided by the President of the Russian Federation.

Deputy Chairman of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, Mykola Bulayev, said that all territorial and regional election committees in the “new subjects” of the Russian Federation will be connected to the state automated system “Vybory” before the start of the next election campaign.

He also stated that 4,486,422 people allegedly took part in pseudo-referendums in the occupied territories of Ukraine.

The Russian occupiers in Mariupol are going to dismantle the high-rise buildings they destroyed by the end of this year and claim that more than a hundred of the 400 buildings remain to be demolished. This was reported by Oleg Morgun, a collaborator who led the occupation authorities in the city, separatist mass media reported on February 14.

“The demolition of the destroyed high-rise buildings in Mariupol will be completed this year,” the message said. “The list of buildings to be demolished includes more than 400 buildings of various heights: from two-story to 10-story. 287 of them have already been demolished.”

The separatists emphasize that the number may change: according to their version, “…sometimes during major repairs, it turns out that the building is not suitable for further operation” and it has to be demolished after the major repairs have already begun.

On February 13, a school burned down in occupied Mariupol, the reason being “the callousness of the racist repairmen.”

As of February 14, since the beginning of the Russian invasion, 16,110 (+19 per day) 16,091 civilian objects were partially or completely damaged in the Mykolayiv region.

Of them:

– housing stock objects – 10,679 (+7);

– medical institutions – 98;

– educational institutions – 411;

– cultural institutions – 190;

– objects of industrial enterprises – 191;

– life support facilities: gas – 1141, electricity – 1006, water – 32, heat supply – 96;

– other non-military objects – 2266.

According to the data of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, work on the restoration of gas and electricity supply in settlements affected by the war is ongoing.

5172 consumers are without gas supply.

Electricity supply, water supply, and drainage were stopped in 9 settlements of Bashtanskyi and Mykolayivskyi districts.

Soldiers of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine removed 100 non-explosive objects in a day.

Voluntary evacuation continues. On February 14, 505 internally displaced persons are staying in temporary accommodation facilities in Mykolaiv.

A total of 27,791 residents were evacuated from the Mykolaiv region.

On the morning of February 14, Russian troops again shelled the town of Ochakiv, Mykolaiv district. It happened around 06:50. According to their despicable tradition, they targeted the residential sector. The enemy fired roughly reactive “Grad” salvo fire systems at civilian quarters – as a result of the hit of ammunition and their fragments, two fires broke out on the territory of two private houses.

Thus, the communication point 22 of the state fire and rescue unit received a report that three residential buildings at different addresses caught fire after the shelling.

Both fires were extinguished by firefighters of the unit, the first on an area of ​​100 square meters. m, the second – 5 sq.m. According to preliminary information, there are no victims or injured.

3 units of equipment and 16 firefighters were involved from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.

In Lviv and the region, the occupiers destroyed almost all electrical substations, – the chairman

As a result of shelling by the occupiers, almost all electrical substations in Lviv and the region were destroyed. Many other objects were also damaged beyond repair.

This was announced by the chairman of Lviv, Andriy Sadovy. According to him, electricity supply is currently a big problem for the region.

As Sadovy said, almost all electrical substations within Lviv and the region were destroyed.

That’s why electricity supply is a big problem, but our electricians find non-standard smart solutions, that’s why industry and these institutions, which are supposed to provide the city, are working, – said the mayor.

In addition, many other critical infrastructure facilities were destroyed in Lviv and the region. Unfortunately, a large part will no longer be repaired – it will be rebuilt anew.

The occupiers shelled the Lviv region: what is known

• On February 10, Russia massively attacked Ukraine. There is damage due to shelling in the Lviv region. Yes, one of the rockets fell near a sanatorium in the Lviv district. The blast wave damaged the windows of the building. According to preliminary information, there were no victims or victims in any of these cases.
• Also, one of the Russian rockets fell and did not explode near a bus stop in the Lviv region. It happened in the Zolochiv district, near the village of Kizliv. According to preliminary information, there are no victims.
• Later, Andriy Sadovy reported that all the rockets that were directed in the direction of Lviv were destroyed. The only case that needs additional work is a rocket that fell in Zolochiv district, near a bus stop, but did not explode.

The Russians again attacked the border areas of Sumy region.

On February 13, invaders shelled eight communities in the Sumy region.

The press service of the Sumy regional military administration informs about this, reporting on the situation at the border as of 21:00 Monday, February 13.

From mortars, the Russian military shelled the communities of Bilopolsk, Yunakivsk, Myropilsk, Esmansk, Krasnopilsk, Shalyginsk and Glukhivsk – 98 “arrivals”.

Several explosive devices were dropped from enemy UAVs on the territory of Krasnopilsk and Velikopysarovsk communities.

On February 10, more than 100 arrivals per day were recorded in Sumy Oblast. On Sunday, February 12, the Russians attacked the region half as many times.

The invaders also randomly fired at the settlement of Vorozhba. They hit the railway and residential buildings. Gas pipelines and electricity networks were damaged. Local residents miraculously survived after the shelling of their house.

On February 13, the Russian occupation forces continued shelling the border areas of Sumy and Chernihiv regions.

The enemy inflicted fire damage using UAVs, mortars and grenade launchers. The communities of Velikopysariv, Krasnopil, Yunakiv, Bilopol, Esman, Glukhiv, and Shalygin of the Sumy Oblast, and Semenivsk of the Chernihiv region came under enemy fire.

In the first half of the day, the Russian occupiers shelled the territory of the Bilopol community twice with 120-mm mortars, in total about a dozen explosions rang out. The fire started from the Russian village of Wolfino.

During the day, the invaders from the Russian settlements of Sverdlykovo and Nikolayevo-Daryino covered the territory of the Yunakiv community four times with 120-mm mortars, in total there were almost one and a half dozen arrivals.

Along the border of the Esman Territorial Community, the enemy fired 120 mm mortars twice from the side of the settlements, round glade and elbow – 13 “arrivals” were recorded.

In the afternoon, Russian occupiers from drones dropped one explosive device each on the territory of Krasnopilsk and Velikopysarovsk communities. Fortunately, there were no victims.

The Glukhiv community was also under mortar fire. Rashists released 10 mines of 120 mm caliber. The fire was opened from the village of Horodishche.

The enemy shelled the Shalyginsk community from the side of Anatolyevka settlement with 120 mm mortars – a total of 8 “arrivals” were recorded.

The Semenivska territorial community in Chernihiv region was also under mortar fire. The rioters released 2 mines of 120 mm caliber in the community. The fire was opened from the village of Luzhka.

In the evening, more than two dozen shots were fired from a 30-mm automatic grenade launcher in the border area of ​​Krasnopilsk. The fire started from the Russian settlement of Vyazov.

Members of the Defense Forces continue to protect Ukraine from Russian invaders.