It did not weigh more than 2 kilos. The helmet is 4 kilos. But this protective equipment can save the lives of many children. At the industrial park of the “Lviv Defense Cluster” they now sew specially made bulletproof vests for children. They meet all NATO requirements, and have been tested under the most demanding conditions by the army, but also by the employees at the factory. – We had to evacuate our entire family from Kharkiv because of the bombing by the Russians. I wish we had vests like that back then, says Aleksander Csehunov, who now works in production. Similar to life jackets Daughter Angelika is 7 years old. She has learned how to put on the vest and she does it very quickly. – It is not unpleasant. I can walk, sit and play while wearing it. The only thing I don’t like is the helmet, it’s very heavy, Angelika tells news. The most common threats to children who are evacuated from war zones are splashes of glass and concrete debris. The vest is designed so that it looks like a classic lifejacket that is used at sea. This is to make it clear that these are civilian children. The vest has straps so that the parents can carry the child with them more easily if necessary. The entire safety package includes a vest, helmet and bulletproof plates in polyethylene. This makes the plate much lighter and easier for children to use. Photo: Andras D.Hajdu / Andras D.Hajdu We do not sell vests – We produce children’s vests in 3 sizes. For the age groups 4-6, 7-10 and 11-14, says Maksym Pliekhov, executive director of the Lviv Defense Cluster. More than 500 of the vests were already in use during the evacuation of civilians from cities such as Mykolaiv, Bakhmut, Luhansk and Donetsk. – After the evacuation, the army collects the vests and uses them again where it is most needed, communications manager Anton Fedchenko told news. Lviv Defense Cluster does not sell the children’s vests. The company collects money to cover production costs and every single vest is donated to the Ukrainian army helping to evacuate civilians. According to Unicef figures from August, around 1,000 children have been killed or injured since the war began in February. This means an average of five children a day. According to Unicef, 356 children have been killed while 595 have been injured in the hostilities. – And these are only the numbers that the UN has managed to confirm. We think the real number is much higher, said Catherine Russel, who is head of Unicef.
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