Russian armed aggression affects over 680 children in Ukraine

A total of 243 children have been killed and 446 injured in Ukraine since the Russian invasion started.

The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“A total of 689 children in Ukraine have been affected by the Russian armed aggression. As of June 1, 2022, the number of those killed remained unchanged (243 children). The number of those injured also remained unchanged (446 children),” the report states.

These data are not final, as they are being investigated within the areas of hostilities, temporarily occupied and liberated areas.

Currently, most casualties were recorded in Donetsk Region (153), Kyiv Region (116), Kharkiv Region (111), Chernihiv Region (68), Luhansk Region (52), Kherson Region (52), Mykolaiv Region (47), Zaporizhzhia Region (29), Sumy Region (17), the city of Kyiv (16) and Zhytomyr Region (15).

A total of 1,937 educational institutions were damaged across Ukraine as a result of Russia’s daily air and artillery strikes, and 181 of them were destroyed completely.

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