About 500,000 children are in urgent need of protection and humanitarian assistance, including quality health care and psychosocial support, because of the military hostilities in Donbas.
UkrInform: UNICEF – About 500,000 children in Donbas are in urgent need of protection
A Ukrainian soldier talks with children in Popasna town Lugansk region, August 18, 2014. Popasna was returned under the Ukrainian control by the volunteer battalion Donbass on the 22nd of July 2014. 4 members of the battalion died in the fight for the town.