{"id":22819,"date":"2022-06-02T07:31:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T07:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=22819"},"modified":"2022-06-02T07:31:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T07:31:10","slug":"243-children-so-far-killed-in-war-zelenskiy-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2022\/06\/02\/243-children-so-far-killed-in-war-zelenskiy-says\/","title":{"rendered":"243 children so far killed in war, Zelenskiy says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">Ukraine has <strong>commemorated the 243 children killed in Russia\u2019s war <\/strong>with a creative display in the western city of Lviv.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">The interactive event, titled \u2018excursion that will never happen\u2019, used empty school buses and stuffed toys strapped into seats as a symbol of 243 Ukrainian children killed during Russian attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">\u2018Caution! Children!\u2019 signs littering the streets read.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"3f01b607-b010-42ff-a2af-834f8c92cd83\" class=\" dcr-10khgmf\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1b267dg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"dcr-1989ovb\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b9e9a41cd500a38529bf87e99154f38da6cb8a78\/0_0_4683_3102\/master\/4683.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=09b6d400e91ce428f80d87d9c2b4b6de\" alt=\"\u2018Caution! Children!\u2019 signs littering the streets read.\" width=\"4683\" height=\"3102\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"dcr-5yynor\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"3f01b607-b010-42ff-a2af-834f8c92cd83\" class=\" dcr-10khgmf\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\"><figcaption class=\"dcr-5yynor\"><span class=\"dcr-19x4pdv\">\u2018Caution! Children!\u2019 signs littering the streets read.<\/span> Photograph: Anadolu Agency\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"46ff80b5-f9f7-4200-8572-a26197c09576\" class=\" dcr-10khgmf\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1b267dg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"dcr-1989ovb\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/a6061f32748bd6c2c1bd0cd654a4e38f2f98856c\/0_0_4928_3264\/master\/4928.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=0c71170d4e065fd81ea6454e86f8e745\" alt=\"Stuffed toys represent the 243 Ukrainian children killed during Russian attacks on Ukraine.\" width=\"4928\" height=\"3264\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"dcr-5yynor\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"46ff80b5-f9f7-4200-8572-a26197c09576\" class=\" dcr-10khgmf\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\"><figcaption class=\"dcr-5yynor\"><span class=\"dcr-19x4pdv\">Stuffed toys represent the 243 Ukrainian children killed during Russian attacks on Ukraine.<\/span> Photograph: Anadolu Agency\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"8e66a439-bd7c-4ae6-8e2a-f486f2908c5c\" class=\" dcr-10khgmf\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1b267dg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"dcr-1989ovb\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/03b0ff63082b606bfae54c251e5e554f6de4e7c4\/0_0_3500_2523\/master\/3500.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=6d5b38ae78f075d73101912bcf32df26\" alt=\"School buses with toys and badges with names on seats are seen in during a symbolic event to honour the 243 children killed in the war.\" width=\"3500\" height=\"2523\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"dcr-5yynor\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"8e66a439-bd7c-4ae6-8e2a-f486f2908c5c\" class=\" dcr-10khgmf\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\"><figcaption class=\"dcr-5yynor\"><span class=\"dcr-19x4pdv\">School buses with toys and badges with names on seats are seen in during a symbolic event to honour the 243 children killed in the war.<\/span> Photograph: Pavlo Palamarchuk\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"c69ac878-4697-4596-9e98-cc7877646e2c\" class=\" dcr-10khgmf\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1b267dg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"dcr-1989ovb\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/1083efa87c8d59102e7954b763364ed9ac4a8850\/0_0_4618_3059\/master\/4618.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=0aa7935cb367fd2c39f337ce952c7fe2\" alt=\"The interactive display was titled \u2018excursion that will never happen\u2019.\" width=\"4618\" height=\"3059\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"dcr-5yynor\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"c69ac878-4697-4596-9e98-cc7877646e2c\" class=\" dcr-10khgmf\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\"><figcaption class=\"dcr-5yynor\"><span class=\"dcr-19x4pdv\">The interactive display was titled \u2018excursion that will never happen\u2019.<\/span> Photograph: Anadolu Agency\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"d519fb63-e072-4c9c-90d9-46b9f36d40e1\" class=\" dcr-10khgmf\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1b267dg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"dcr-1989ovb\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9907b9bdf940ddc84c91482b1a8db0b688388e29\/0_0_4928_3264\/master\/4928.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=54b106949cbc25f9cbd1312ed055fdcd\" alt=\"Stuffed toys seen strapped on empty buses in the display in the western city of Lviv.\" width=\"4928\" height=\"3264\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"dcr-5yynor\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"d519fb63-e072-4c9c-90d9-46b9f36d40e1\" class=\" dcr-10khgmf\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\"><figcaption class=\"dcr-5yynor\"><span class=\"dcr-19x4pdv\">Stuffed toys seen strapped on empty buses in the display in the western city of Lviv.<\/span> Photograph: Anadolu Agency\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<footer class=\"dcr-1eoy87d\">\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">Zelenskiy made note of International Children\u2019s Day during his nightly video address to the nation on Wednesday, claiming 243 children have been killed, 446 have been wounded and 139 are missing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">Speaking in relation to the 200,000 children believed to have been forcefully taken to Russia, he said:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"dcr-1aqenuy\"><p>The purpose of this criminal policy is not just to steal people but to make those who are deported forget about Ukraine and unable to return.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">\u201cUkraine cannot be conquered, that our people will not surrender and our children will not become the property of the occupiers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine has commemorated the 243 children killed in Russia\u2019s war with a creative display in the western city of Lviv. The interactive event, titled \u2018excursion that will never happen\u2019, used empty school buses and stuffed toys strapped into seats as a symbol of 243 Ukrainian children killed during Russian attacks. \u2018Caution! Children!\u2019 signs littering the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":22820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[11394,287,9331,10739,10954,9515,5992,6831,6544,3457,5217,6736,5377,5180,5555,8033,6886,5251,3954,594,6874],"class_list":["post-22819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news","tag-attacks","tag-children","tag-city","tag-display","tag-international","tag-killed","tag-lviv","tag-missing","tag-property","tag-russia","tag-russian","tag-school","tag-surrender","tag-ukraine","tag-ukrainian","tag-video","tag-volodymyr-zelenskiy","tag-war","tag-will","tag-who","tag-zelenskiy"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}