Symbolic AI-created background, not an archival photograph: a girl in a Ukrainian flag, a cathedral, flowering branches and a symbolic crocheted angel. The original archival angel photograph is shown separately in a labeled frame.

Original archival photograph of crocheted memorial angels on pine branches at the Banská Bystrica event; selected source angel from PDF page 5, image 07. — Original photograph · PDF p. 5Banská Bystrica · 2025

A PUBLIC MEMORIAL PROJECT

Remembering,together.

A travelling memorial installation to honour Ukrainian children whose lives were taken by war.

33events

25cities

8countries

The wide hero background is symbolic AI artwork. Its framed inset is the original archival photograph from PDF page 5, image 07, showing real crocheted angels at the Banská Bystrica event. Statistics describe the source PDF dated 15 October 2025.

A shared act of remembrance

Small handmade angels. A message carried across borders.

The source describes Angels of Ukraine as a travelling memorial installation and an invitation for communities to keep attention on the war and its effect on children. Each gathering adds a place and a moment to that shared record.

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How it began · 1 June 2022

243 blue and yellow angels in Košice

The source says Ukrainian women who had found refuge in Slovakia crocheted 243 angels for the first gathering. The installation was displayed in the city centre and then began its journey.

Source page 37

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From the first gathering

Source photograph accompanying the Angels of Ukraine memorial event in Košice, Slovakia; PDF page 37. — Source PDF, page 37

An archival photograph · PDF page 5

The real angels, as they appear in the source.

This photograph is the owner-selected source image for the crocheted memorial angel. It remains an unaltered archive photograph and is linked to its Banská Bystrica event record.

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Selected original angel photograph

Source photograph accompanying the Angels of Ukraine memorial event in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia; PDF page 5. — Source PDF, page 5

The memorial journey

Remembered in many communities

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Canada24 August 2024

Toronto

Organized by the Ukrainian-Canadian School Council of Toronto and the Congress of Ukrainians of Canada, a touching “Angels of Ukraine” event was held in Central Park in Toronto. The official commemoration took place at the opening of Independence Day, bringing together students,

Source page · p. 10564 angels

Germany1 June 2023

Berlin

The support of Ukrainische Botschaft in Berlin / Embassy of Ukraine in Berlin — Alisa Podolyak and Iryna Samchenko — Heinrich Böll Foundation.

Source page · p. 24484 angels

Cyprus18 December 2022

Limassol

The events were supported by Ukrainians in Cyprus, Plast Cyprus, and the Pastoral Ministry of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in the Republic of Cyprus. Initiator — Lyolya Filimonova.

Source page · p. 30450 angels

Counts shown on event pages are historical figures printed on that event slide; they are not current or independently verified casualty statistics.

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