‘Terrible truth’: Ukraine President’s wife’s emotional plea over Russian forces killing kids

The wife of the Ukraine President, Olena Zelenska, has made an emotional plea for media to report the “terrible truth” that Russian forces are killing children.

The wife of Ukraine’s president has made an emotional plea to international media, asking them to share the “terrible truth” of how Russian forces are brutally murdering children.

“I appeal to all the unbiased media in the world! Tell this terrible truth: Russian invaders are killing Ukrainian children,” Olena Zelenska, wife of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, posted on Instagram on Sunday, below photos of five children killed by Russian attacks, New York Post reports.

“Tell it to Russian mothers – let them know what exactly their sons are doing here, in Ukraine,” the photo caption read.

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First Lady Olena Zelenska.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena visiting the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial complex in Jerusalem in 2020. Picture: Ho/Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/AFP

“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,” Ms Zelenska wrote.

First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska. Picture: Gints Ivuskans / AFP

Alisa from Okhtyrka died in the shelling with her grandfather. Picture: Instagram/@olenazelenska_official

Sofia, 6, was shot to death in a car with her family. Picture: Instagram/@olenazelenska_official

Polina from Kyiv died during the shelling on the streets of the capital. Picture: Instagram/@olenazelenska_official

Arseniy, 14, bled to death after a fragment of the projectile hit his head. Picture: Instagram/@olenazelenska_official

“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.

This article originally appeared in the New York Post and was reproduced with permission

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