After 4½ years of full-scale war, the human scale of its impact is clearest in children’s lives. The Monitor revisits people and programs that help young Ukrainians cope, learn, and keep some normalcy amid displacement and loss.
Large-scale numbers become tangible when tied to individual children: 2.6 million displaced, 40% of 3–6-year-olds out of preschool, and 1 in 5 children who has lost a relative or friend.
Local community programs—arts, dance, computer classes—offer practical respite and routines that reduce trauma-driven reactions to air-raid warnings.
Reporting followed familiar faces over the course of the war to show how formative years have been interrupted and how families and instructors work to sustain resilience.
From the Editors Childhood in wartime The war in Ukraine has had a disproportionate impact on the country's children. In our magazine this week, we revisit families helping young people maintain resilience. Font Size Share this story Copy Link Link copied By Sara Llana, International Editor @sarallana Sept.
Scott had visited the country 12 times since Russia's full-scale invasion began on Feb. Scott had proposed going back to find some of the people he had met over the course of the war, to see what had become of them. Could we write a story about Ukraine looking at the passage of a young person's life?
CSMonitor.com Deepen your worldview with Monitor Highlights. Share Shared content is always free to recipients. Font Size Share this story Copy Link Link copied Scott Peterson/Getty Images/The Christian Science Monitor Ukrainian children take part in arts and crafts, led by instructor Olesia Biliaha, in a program to support children in front-line communities, in Izium, Ukraine, July 18, 2026.
My father brought books to the basement. During the air raids we read Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Treasure Island, Around the World in Eighty Days, and ate feasts my mother made with dry goods and powdered milk: rice pudding, “béchamel” spaghetti, in one large aluminum pot over a small gas burner, sandwiches
Kat, a strong-willed teenager, sees the escalation of armed conflict in real time as tanks begin rolling into town, broadcast on news channels. She heads to a community shelter as bombs start to drop. Schools close, supplies are rationed, and citizens depart by choice or force. Just as Kat’s family is attempting to lea
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