Empty Strollers Placed in Lviv to Symbolize Children Killed in Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Multiple hundred strollers have been positioned in rows in a public sq. in Lviv in Ukraine’s west on March 18 to represent the deaths of youngsters killed in Russian assaults. There have been 109 strollers positioned as a part of the demonstration, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported. The silent protest additionally known as for the imposition of a no-fly zone over Ukraine. This video from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reveals the strollers and options an interview with one of many organizers. “Throughout the warfare, particularly on its twenty third day, we cease distinguishing amongst 30, 40, 50, or 100 [victims]. That’s why in the present day we introduced right here 109 strollers in order that we might see what this quantity seems like — what number of youngsters might have been taking part in, having fun with their time with their dad and mom on this sq. in the present day. Sadly, they’ve been killed and now they defend the Ukrainian sky whereas the world’s politicians argue about what sanctions to decide on [against Russia],” organizer Svitlana Blinova says on this video. Credit score: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty through Storyful