Russian military kill 263 children in Ukraine

A total of 263 children have been killed and over 467 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.

“As of June 7, 2022, over 730 children in Ukraine were affected by the Russian armed aggression. According to the data from juvenile prosecutors, 263 children were killed and over 467 injured,” 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 (190), Kyiv Region (116), Kharkiv Region (112), Chernihiv Region (68), Luhansk Region (53), Kherson Region (52), Mykolaiv Region (47), Zaporizhzhia Region (29), Sumy Region (17), the city of Kyiv (16) and Zhytomyr Region (15).

On June 3, 2022, two people were killed in mine explosion on the beach in Mariupol, including an 8-year-old boy.

A total of 1,940 educational institutions were damaged across Ukraine as a result of Russia’s daily air and artillery strikes, and 184 of them were destroyed completely.

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