Armed military personnel have become part of everyday life for children living closest to the fighting in eastern Ukraine, including on their journey to and from school.

For many children, frontlines are just meters from their homes, combat soldiers are seen throughout their towns, and armed guards are in their schools.

UNICEF and partners have monitored at least eight instances where military and armed groups’ sites are within 500 meters from a kindergarten or school, and two separate locations where schools and these sites are only a few meters apart.

