Since the beginning of the war, Russian invaders have killed 234 children in Ukraine, more than 433 have been injured.
Children in the Donetsk region suffered the most.
This is reported by the Office of the Attorney General.
“As of the morning of May 24, 2022, more than 667 children suffered in Ukraine as a result of the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation. According to official information from juvenile prosecutors, 234 children were killed and more than 433 were injured. Children in the Donetsk region suffered the most – 146, Kyiv – 116, Chernihiv – 68, Lugansk – 50, Kherson – 49, Mykolaiv – 45, Zaporizhzhya – 28, Sumy – 17, in Kyiv – 16, Zhytomyr – 15,” the report says.
It is noted that these figures are not final, since work is underway to establish them in places of active hostilities, in temporarily occupied and liberated territories.
- On May 22, a 12-year-old girl died in a medical institution in the city of Dnipro, who was seriously injured on May 7 as a result of shelling by the invaders.
- On May 20, due to artillery shelling by the Russian troops of the village of Chkalovskoe, Chuguev district, Kharkiv region, a 16-year-old boy was seriously injured, from which he died.
- It became known that on April 8, as a result of enemy shelling of the city of Lisichansk, Severodonetsk district of the Luhansk region, two boys aged 11 and 13 were injured.
The Office of the Prosecutor General also added that due to the bombing and shelling of Ukrainian cities and villages by the armed forces of the Russian Federation, 1848 educational institutions were damaged. At the same time, 173 of them were completely destroyed.
Recall that on February 24, Russia attacked Ukraine , inflicting a series of missile and air strikes on our cities, including Kiev. A large-scale invasion has been going on for the 90th day (war of 8 years). The occupiers continue to destroy Ukrainian villages, towns and cities with cruise missiles and air bombs, killing the civilian population and causing devastating destruction to the infrastructure.
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