As a result of Russia’s full-scale aggression, the number of people with disabilities in Ukraine has increased by approximately 600,000 and now stands at 3.4 million, including 231,000 children.
Olena Kolobrodova, the representative of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights on social and economic rights, shared this information in a comment to a Ukrinform correspondent in New York.
She noted that she cited these figures while participating in a UN conference dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which is taking place at UN headquarters.
Kolobrodova emphasized that after the war ends, the number of people with disabilities may increase even further due to the return of veterans from the front lines.
She also noted that Ukraine ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2009 and is gradually incorporating its provisions into state policy and legislation.
