Commemorating Children Who Killed In Russia Vs Ukraine War, A Total Of 109 Strollers On Display In Lviv

JAKARTA - As Ukraine mourns the victims, empty strollers on Friday (18/3) lined the central square of Lviv to commemorate the children who died in Russia's invasion of the country.

Lviv city hall lined up 109 strollers - for one child who has died since the war began, according to Ukrainian authorities.

Two teddy bears are placed in a bright blue baby sling. A little girl sits on a bench holding a Ukrainian flag.

The city of Lviv in western Ukraine received hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians seeking refuge from the war front lines.

"Remember your children when they were little and sitting in strollers like this," said Zhuravka Natalia Tonkovyt, a Canadian citizen of Ukrainian origin as she passed by, as if speaking to Russian mothers.

"Some (children) will not be put in these strollers because they are gone. Compare with your own children, remember how you feel about your own child... I don't want to see an empty stroller," he said.

Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a special military operation and claims it is not targeting civilians.