Russians Are Killing Kids - Olena Zelenska Says

 

Olena Zelenska, Ukraine's First Lady, has pleaded with the media to report the "terrible fact" that Russians are murdering children. In an emotional plea to foreign media on Sunday, the wife of Ukraine's president pleaded with them to tell the "sad truth" about how Russian forces are cruelly murdering children.

"I make a plea to the entire world's unbiased media!" "Tell the truth: Russian invaders are killing Ukrainian children," First Lady Olena Zelenska said on Instagram, alongside photographs of five children slain in Russian airstrikes.

“Tell it to Russian mothers — let them know what exactly their sons are doing here, in Ukraine,” the photo caption read. “Show these photos to Russian women — your husbands, brothers, compatriots are killing Ukrainian children! Let them know that they are personally responsible for the death of every Ukrainian child because they gave their tacit consent to these crimes.”

At least 38 children have died in the conflict so far, according to official estimates.

“This figure might be increasing this very moment due to the shelling of our peaceful cities!” Zelenska captioned continued. “When people in Russia say that their troops are not hurting the civilian population, show them these pictures! Show them the faces of these children who weren’t even given a chance to grow up. How many more children must die to convince Russian troops to stop firing and allow humanitarian corridors?”

The five children featured in the Instagram post ranged in age from 18 months to 14 years old, she said.

The 18 month-old, Kirill Yatsko, was photographed by the Associated Press as his parents frantically carried the toddler into a hospital in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol.