Children’s Embassy weekly review from Ukraine – news from Ukraine, children’s updates, stories and hope plus much more
The first Children’s Embassy weekly review from Ukraine was conducted years ago, and now we continue this important tradition. The weekly review was previously called – Logbook.
Boas and I just returned from a month-long speaking tour through Sweden and Finland. We also managed to take a short vacation – the first in a long time. It has been a joy to meet so many of you face to face.
During the trip we heard an important message: “We don’t follow social media – and miss updates.”
We heard – and decided to act.
We now return to old, good practices: We publish on our website every Friday a comprehensive weekly review.
Here you see collected the updates, photos and news we’ve published during the week on Facebook and Instagram – and often other important content too.
The weekly review from Ukraine brings together all important news and events affecting children’s lives.
News from the field, stories from children and information about how our work progresses.
Do something good – support Ukraine’s children
On International Children’s Protection Day June 1st, we call on you to protect children living in the midst of war. Your donation helps concretely – right now, where the need is greatest.
Childrens diary
in war and on run
When everything around changes, Sasha holds on to the only thing that feels familiar.
Dandelions bloom in the May sunshine. They don’t care about nighttime missiles or explosions heard far away or nearby. They bloom from beauty – not from war.
Sasha picked dandelions, braided a wreath and was herself like a flower. Stop for a moment, let the children be happy.
Nights and days are different
A little while ago there was a really noisy night. We woke up many times when attack drones flew over and were shot down. It was scary.
Mom said I could come sleep next to her. I could follow on the phone where the missiles were flying. When a big bang was heard, I jumped up from bed and shook with fear.
In the morning we heard that the downed missile had hit very close by. Good that no one died, because that would have been really sad.
/ Sasha, 11 years old
Thank you
We have unpacked and sorted the humanitarian aid from Sweden.
The first families have already received clothes, shoes, bedlinen etc.
How lovely that the clothes that travelled such a distance have found their new owners here and brought them much joy. Thanks to everyone who donated and who organized the project.
NEWS
EU’s temporary protection for Ukrainians continues until March 2027
The European Union intends to extend temporary protection for Ukrainians until March 2027.
The decision is expected to be made at the EU Council of Justice and Home Affairs June 12–13, 2025 in Luxembourg.
Ukraine’s EU Ambassador Vsevolod Chentsov confirmed that the decision is based on continued insecurity in Ukraine, which unfortunately has not improved. About half of those receiving temporary protection are women, and one-third children – meaning according to the EU particularly vulnerable groups.
Additionally, the EU is already discussing what happens in 2027 when protection ends. Among other things, the possibility of new, longer residence permits for those who cannot return to Ukraine for security reasons is being discussed.
Next week, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Chernyshov will travel to Brussels to discuss the matter with EU Commissioner Magnus Brunner.
Background:
Over 4.26 million Ukrainians have received protection in the EU since the war began
Temporary protection is currently valid until March 2026
Ukraine’s children and forced deportations – cultural destruction through violence
At the end of April, Ukraine House in Denmark brought one of the cruelest phenomena of Russia’s war to international discussion: systematic forced deportation, brainwashing and identity destruction of Ukrainian children.
The document and discussion with experts from The Reckoning Project reveal how thousands of children are moved to occupied areas, adopted by Russian families and used as tools for pressure.
“If one child can be returned per day, returning all would take almost a hundred years.”
– Maksimas Milta, The Reckoning Project
New education reform in Ukraine raises concerns in rural areas
From 2027, Ukraine’s Ministry of Education plans a major educational reform: upper grades (10–12) would be moved only to so-called lyceums, where there would no longer be elementary education.
Regular schools would become gymnasiums, where education ends in 9th grade.
The reform aims to concentrate resources and strengthen teaching quality, but especially in rural areas, parents and teachers fear that long school commutes and resource concentration in large centers will weaken children’s opportunities to continue education.
(This link is in Ukrainian on YouTube – no English version was provided in the original text)
