Nearly 1,800 Ukrainian children have become orphans due to the war, the National Social Service of Ukraine said in a comment to the Kyiv Independent in March. A lot more children have lost one parent, as more than 11,970  civilians and at least 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since 2022. Another devastating toll shows that almost 600 children have been killed and over 1,711 have been injured across Ukraine since the start of the invasion.Forced to face the pain of loss and adapt to life without the guidance and support of their parents, often at a very young age, the war has robbed these Ukrainian kids of their childhoods.There are organizations in Ukraine that have stepped in to help. In Kyiv Oblast, a private school called "7Fields" supports children who have lost parents to the war with the help of the Children of Heroes charity foundation.

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