Nigeria, June 16 -- 1.6 million Ukrainian children live in territories occupied by Russia, according to the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. In kindergartens and schools, they are forbidden from mentioning Ukraine, or anything connected to Ukrainian culture. They are taught to handle weapons to be turned into the Russia Soldiers.

The Reckoning Project - a global team of Ukrainian and international journalists and lawyers - is documenting war and atrocity crimes by Russia. This story by Ghanna Mamomova tells about Svitlana who chose to escape her home village in the occupied Kherson region.

Living in Fear

It is a cold spring in Kyiv this year. Fruit trees blossom in rain and hail. During a walk through the Ukrainian capital,...