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To protect fragile newborns from bombardment in Lviv, UNICEF transformed a hospital basement into a fully operational NICU.

Inside an Underground Newborn Intensive Care Unit in War-Torn Ukraine

To protect fragile newborns from bombardment in Lviv, UNICEF helped transform a hospital basement into a fully operational NICU. [VIDEO]
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Maxim, 12, and Nazar, 6, stand outside the Siret Blue Dot center at the Romanian border on March 10, 2022, after fleeing Ukraine with their mothers.

See What a Unicef ‘Blue Dot’ Refugee Support Center Looks Like

A virtual tour of the Blue Dot center in Serit, Romania, one of 26 being set up to aid children and families fleeing war in Ukraine. [VIDEO]
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A child refugee from Ukraine stands in line with her mother at the border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova at Palanca on March 24, 2022.

More Than Half of Ukraine’s Children Displaced by War

One month into a brutal war, Ukraine's children are traumatized and in desperate need of assistance. UNICEF is there to help.
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Anastasia, a refugee from Ukraine, volunteers as a translator for newly arrived families at a UNICEF Blue Dot center in Siret, Romania.

A Volunteer Translator Helps Fellow Refugees From Ukraine

More than 3.7 million people from Ukraine — including 1.8 million children — have become refugees since Feb. 24. [VIDEO]
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Adult and Child Observing Fire

At the Ukrainian Border, Families Search for Safety and Shelter

UNICEF is working with UNHCR and local partners to set up an expanding network of Blue Dot support hubs for refugees fleeing Ukraine.
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A mother holds her newborn baby, born in the basement of Kyiv Regional Perinatal Center amid shelling in March 2022.

Born Into War: Keeping Mothers And Babies Alive In Ukraine

As war unfolds all around them, new and expectant mothers in Ukraine are in desperate need of health services. UNICEF is there to help. [VIDEO]
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In Clarendon Hills, Illinois, the Giving Girls, a group of second-graders, show off some of the homemade bracelets they made to raise money to support UNICEF's work to help children caught up in the war in Ukraine.

Youth Host Fundraisers to Help Children Affected by War in Ukraine

Children and young people across the U.S. are raising money and awareness to support children and families caught up in the war in Ukraine.
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Murat Sahin, UNICEF's Representative in Ukraine, left inspects medical and other emergency supplies shipped from UNICEF’s Global Supply and Logistics Hub in Copenhagen upon arrival in Lviv on March 5, 2022..

UNICEF Gets Supplies to Children and Families Inside Ukraine

Medicine, midwifery kits and other lifesaving supplies have reached Lviv. More emergency supplies are on the way.
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Newly arrived from Ukraine, a mother comforts her son at the border checkpoint in Isaccea, Romania on March 4, 2022.

Sadness and Shock as Families Flee Ukraine

Mothers desperate to protect their children from escalating war in Ukraine share stories of grief and determination.
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