Collection of money and material aid for the "children of Donbass" is a fairly widespread phenomenon in Russia.

It intensified with the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

One of the readers told Svaboda about the fact that similar meetings are held in Belarusian schools.

"My son studies in the fourth grade.

A link to the

Foundation was thrown into the parents' chat in Viber .

They asked "not to be indifferent" and to bring pencils, pencils, baby food and other things to the school.

As I noticed, there was no discussion.

Everyone was silent.

I don't know whether they brought it silently or ignored it," shared the interlocutor.

On the page of the Alyaksei Talai charity fund, there are dozens of messages about collecting things in kindergartens and schools.

For example, the foundation thanks Kindergarten No. 140 of Goml, which took part in the action and helped "children of Donbass and liberated territories".

Kindergarten No. 119 of Gomlya also joined the action.

His team "conveys the best wishes to the children of Donbas."

Belarusian paralympian Alyaksei Talai is known for his support of Alexander Lukashenko and Russia's war against Ukraine.

After the events of August 2020, he repeatedly spoke out in support of the actions of the Belarusian authorities.

Talai also visited Russian soldiers who lost their limbs in combat on the territory of Russia and the occupied Donbass.

"It was painful to see young guys after such injuries as mine (Talaia's arms and legs were torn off by a landmine during the Second World War at the age of 16. — RS).

The boys lost their limbs in connection with a special military operation, were blown up by fascist mines, new ones that are now supplied by Germany.

Somewhere, memories flooded me.

But I understood that the situation of many of them is not so fatal.

And it was reassuring.

They will look at me and decide: what is there to be sad about?

I am glad that I came and supported them with my own appearance," Talaya was quoted as saying by "Pressball".

Information about the collection of humanitarian aid for the Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia is distributed by the official telegram channels of the district executive committees.

"Today, the world is troubled, as before, and our compatriots express their civil position by participating in charity projects.

Schoolchildren of the district have collected humanitarian aid for the children of Donbass," the channel of the Gomel District Executive Committee reports.

There are notices about such fees in the BRSM telegram channel.

Official Belarusian sources do not report on the collection of funds and items for Ukrainian children who suffered from Russian shelling.

Since February 24, 2022, as a result of Russian aggression on the territory of Ukraine, at least 450 children have died, and almost a thousand have been injured.