Mothers protest in downtown Atlanta to protect Ukrainian children

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ATLANTA (WGCL) — In downtown Atlanta, protesters stood up for innocence misplaced in Ukraine with a sobering message.

Saturday afternoon, ladies stood on sidewalks carrying bundles of pillowcases and cloths, swaddled and splattered with crimson paint. The occasion was organized because the Moms March for Ukraine.

Olga Gorman, one of many protesters, mentioned the group wished to carry consciousness to the a whole lot of kids impacted by violence in Ukraine.

KYIV, UKRAINE – MARCH 20: Iryna, a nurse, feeds a child on March 20, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Almost 20 surrogate-born infants, together with the surrogacy middle’s nursing workers, reside in a makeshift basement shelter, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine made it unsafe for the child’s overseas dad and mom to retrieve them. Ukraine has been a well-liked location for worldwide surrogacy, through which ladies will be compensated for carrying and delivering a toddler belonging to overseas dad and mom. (Photograph by Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Pictures) 

“We need to present to the world, killers. Putin is a killer,” mentioned Gorman.

In response to Ukrainian officers, greater than 100 youngsters have been killed within the Russian invasion.

Those that survive can be perpetually scarred.

“Youngsters don’t have a house. Youngsters are transferring to different nations,” defined Gorman. “In simply at some point, your regular life – completed.”

The protest in downtown Atlanta got here at some point after 109 strollers sat empty in Lviv’s Market Sq., symbolizing youngsters killed within the violent assaults on Ukraine.

LVIV, UKRAINE – MARCH 20: Kids play by the monument to Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko on March 20, 2022 in Lviv, Ukraine. Lviv has served as a stopover and shelter for the thousands and thousands of Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion, both to the protection of close by nations or the relative safety of western Ukraine. (Photograph by Alexey Furman/Getty Pictures) 

Gorman is one in every of a number of protesters from Ukraine. Whereas they're hundreds of miles from family members of their dwelling nation, they're nonetheless a part of the combat.

Olga Askyonova defined they’re armed with a plea for American leaders.

“We've got to cease this madness. Please cease Putin. Please shield Ukraine,” mentioned Askyonova.