'I came home and found my two little girls covered in blood': Children caught in the crossfire as violence surges in Ukraine during lockdown 'After more than six years of deadly conflict

Children are being caught in the crossfire of the ongoing conflict in eastern
Ukraine - prompting calls from the UN children’s agency for combatants to call a ceasefire in an end to the six years of conflict that have ravaged the region.

The eastern European nation, like many across the continent and the world, has imposed lockdown measures on its citizens including school closures and the curtailing of public transport.

Now officials have warned children are being forced to remain in a warzone by the measures as conflict continues between Russian backed separatists and Kievan forces.