In Ukraine, empty strollers are a symbol of children killed in war
Lviv city hall placed 109 strollers, or prams, in neat rows — one for each child killed since the start of the war, according to Ukrainian authorities. Two stuffed teddy bears were laid in a bright blue ba carrier. A little girl sitting on a bench held a small Ukrainian flag.
More than 100 empty strollers were placed in a Lviv square to commemorate the large number of children killed in the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine https://t.co/FYpJ7Jbe4e pic.twitter.com/X7tRnHu3yJ
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Lviv in western Ukraine has drawn hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians seeking shelter away from the frontline of the war.
“Remember your children when they were small and sitting in strollers like these,” said Zhuravka Natalia Tonkovyt, a Canadian citizen of Ukrainian origin who was passing , speaking as if to address Russian mothers.
“Some (children) will not be put into these strollers because they are dead. Compare it to your own children, remember your feelings towards your own children… I want to see no empty stroller,” she added.
Russia says its action in Ukraine is a special military operation and that it is not targeting civilians.
