Tokyo hosts Ukrainian children’s war drawings exhibition

An exhibition featuring war-themed paintings by Ukrainian children has opened in Tokyo to draw attention to the challenges the youngest victims face.

NHK reports this.

Organizers of the event include Japanese volunteers who work in Poland to support Ukrainian refugees. One of them is Sakamoto Ryotaro, who spoke at the exhibition's opening ceremony.

He noted that the situation in Ukraine has not improved in three years, and the number of children who have lost their parents and the opportunity to get an education is only growing. He expressed the hope that the exhibition would help viewers understand the war tragedy better and support Ukrainian children.

They emphasize that the purpose of the exhibition is to draw public attention to children's suffering since February 24 marks three years since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Among the exhibits are about 30 paintings created by four sisters aged 11 to 17, who lived in Poland for a while after evacuation.

The works of the young artists reflect the realities of war through the eyes of children. One painting by an 11-year-old girl depicts a child with a backpack watching a rocket fly past her during evacuation.

Another illustrates the pain of losing school life: it compares a school with bright colors and illuminated windows to a school with dark colors and burning as a result of an air strike.

Among the visitors was a sixth-grader who shared his impressions: according to him, these drawings convey emotions that only those who have gone through war can feel. He emphasized that one cannot remain indifferent to the experiences of Ukrainian children.

The exhibition will run until February 24 at PASONA SQUARE in Tokyo's Minamiaoyama district.

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It should be noted that Viktor Holikov came to Lutsk to hold his first exhibition, "Portal of Grain," in the genre of conceptual photography in his hometown and to raise funds for the needs of the 109th Donetsk Brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces, in which he serves. During the five-hour event, 50 thousand hryvnias were collected.

Also, in Ivano-Frankivsk, a project featuring paintings by the wives of fallen soldiers, "ALIVE. Real love stories," was presented. The exhibition consists of 66 works created by women from different parts of Ukraine.

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