Elena Zelenskaya opened a monument to children who died as a result of armed aggression of the Russian Federation in Kharkiv

On the International Day of Innocent Children - Victims of Aggression, which is celebrated annually on June 4, with the assistance of the First Lady Office, the Chief of Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleg Synigubov, volunteers and the public in the city, a monument to children who died through armed aggression of the Russian Federation was opened in the city. Its author is sculptor Mikhail Yatchenko. The event was also present in the diplomatic corps.

“It is difficult to open the monuments to the dead, especially if these kids are killed. Because children have to live. I now mention a photo that has flown all the media: Dad holding the hand of the killed at the son's stop. It was in Kharkiv after the next Russian shelling. This cannot be forgotten. And it is impossible to put up with it. Parents hold their children by their hand when they take the first steps when they first lead to the garden to school.

The worst thing you can imagine is to keep the hand of a dead child. So just should not be. Kids have to live! ” The presidential wife said at the opening of the monument. The first lady stressed that in the 21st century he had to speak to the world about the need to protect Ukrainian children from destruction. At the same time, Russia's criminal acts are a threat to all children of the world. “Our children are our responsibility. They depend on us, hope for us. They believe us.

If they are our future, then we are their present. Let's make it the best, the safest, full of love even during the war. And let's keep the memory of those children who are dedicated to this monument. Let us become their voices and memory, ”Elena Zelenskaya called on May 30 in Kharkiv region 76 children were killed in the actions explosion. The figures of children in the form of angels with burnt wings are about 160-170 centimeters high.