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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

UN: Ukraine War Pushes 4 Million Children into Poverty

Olga Srednyakova (R), 51, a single mother of eight children, hugs her youngest daughter Vera, 8, as others harvest mushrooms on the abandoned grounds of their destroyed school in Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region of Ukraine on October 13, 2022. Yasuyoshi Chiba, AFP

Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the resulting economic fallout have thrown four million children into poverty across eastern Europe and Central Asia, the UN children's agency said Monday.

"Children are bearing the heaviest burden of the economic crisis caused by the war in Ukraine," UNICEF said.

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