Ukraine: 229 children killed, 421 injured since beginning of war
As many as 229 children have been killed and 421 others injured since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the country said on its Telegram channel on Monday, News.Az reports.
These figures are not final, since work is underway to establish them in places of active hostilities, the Prosecutor General’s Office said.
More than 650 children are affected by the ongoing war in Ukraine. The children were mostly affected in Donetsk, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia regions, and Kyiv, Sumy and Zhytomyr cities.
As a result of Russia’s attacks, over 1,748 educational institutions have been damaged, 144 of which are completely destroyed, the Prosecutor General’s Office added.