Norway allocates $7.4 million for Ukrainian children

Norway is allocating financial aid to Ukraine to support children and their families. A total of 7.4m dollars will be allocated within the framework of this initiative. The press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories has reported this.

It is indicated that the money will be allocated for programmes of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Office in Ukraine.

This will help provide assistance to Ukrainian children and their families who suffered as a result of Russia's armed aggression," the ministry said.

It is noted that Norway is the fifth largest financial partner of UNICEF in responding to humanitarian challenges in Ukraine.

Thanks to this partnership, Ukrainian children and their families will receive support in the field of child protection, education, health care, social services, water and sanitation," the ministry said.

We shall remind you that more than 1,914 children have suffered in Ukraine as a result of the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation. As of the morning of 1 June 2024, according to official information of juvenile prosecutors, 550 children were killed and more than 1364 were injured of varying degrees of severity.

The most affected children were in Donetsk region - 307, Kharkiv region - 175, Kyiv region - 116, Chernihiv region - 68, Luhansk region - 54, Kherson region - 52, Mykolaiv region - 48, Zaporizhzhya region - 30, Sumy region - 17.