Residents of Donetsk carry flowers and toys to the memorial to the dead children

According to RIA Novosti, the memorial is located in one of the parks of Donetsk.

After the laying ceremony, the mayor of the city Alexei Kulemzin said those responsible for the deaths of children would be punished.

At the end of May, the head of the republican bureau of forensic medical examination of the Ministry of Health of the DPR, Dmitry Kalashnikov, said that 117 children had died in the eight years of the conflict on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.

On July 11, the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, signed a decree declaring July 27 the Day of Remembrance for Children Victims of the War in Donbass.