In Ukraine, 839 children wounded amid Russian war

Russian forces have killed 437 children across Ukraine, injuring another 839 since the start of the full-scale aggression on February 24.

That’s according to the Prosecutor General's Office, Ukrinform reports.

"As of the morning of November 21, 2022, more than 1,276 children were affected in Ukraine as a result of Russia’s full-scale armed aggression. According to the official reports by juvenile prosecutors, 437 children were killed and 839 sustained injuries of varying severity," the statement reads.

The indicated numbers are not final, as work is ongoing to verify incoming data from the zones of active hostilities, temporarily captured and liberated territories.

According to the PGO, the largest number of children casualties were reported in the following regions: Donetsk (424), Kharkiv (266), Kyiv (117), Mykolaiv (77), Zaporizhia (75), Chernihiv (68), Luhansk (64), Kherson (64), and Dnipropetrovsk (32).

On November 19, a family with a 5-year-old child were wounded in the village of Veletenske, Kherson region, during a Russian strike.

Russian strikes also damaged 2,719 educational facilities, 332 of which were completely destroyed.

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