Every Ukrainian child who has suffered from the war, whether orphaned, lost their home or deported to Russia, will be able to record every crime, restore justice and receive compensation.

Children are part of the witnesses to the aggression who can report both material and non-material damages. They are united by the Register of Damages, created by the Council of Europe with the support of 43 countries and the European Union.

How a child or an affected Ukrainian family can restore historical justice and tell the world about the consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine was discussed at the Save Ukraine Center with the head of the Kyiv office of the Register of Damages, Hanna Khrystova, and the coordinator of cooperation with NGOs of the Register, Yulia Tralo.

The Register of Damages is the first element of the compensation mechanism. It is already accepting applications from victims in the following categories:

• Forced internal displacement
• Death of a close family member
• Disappearance of a close relative
• Serious bodily injury
• Sexual violence
• Torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
• Deprivation of liberty
• Forced labor or service
• Damage to or destruction of residential real estate
• Damage to or destruction of non-residential real estate
• Loss of access to or control over real estate in the temporarily occupied territories

Representatives of Save Ukraine will help all children and families rescued by our team and rehabilitated in our centers to file applications to the Register of Damages. They are victims or witnesses of the crimes of the Putin regime.

Our goal is to rescue as many children and families from the occupation as possible and heal their wounds of war.