Russian war leaves 951 Ukrainian children injured

As a result of Russia’s full-scale aggression, 470 children were killed, and another 951 were injured.

That’s according to an update by the Prosecutor General's Office as of April 27, Ukrinform reports.

"As of the morning of April 27, 2023, more than 1,421 children were affected across Ukraine by Russia’s full-scale armed aggression. According to the official report posted by juvenile prosecutors, 470 children died and more than 951 sustained injuries of various degrees of severity," the statement reads.

These are not final numbers as data coming from the active combat zones, temporarily captured and liberated territories are yet to be verified.

The largest number of children was affected in the regions of Donetsk (452), Kharkiv (275), Kyiv (127), Kherson (94), Zaporizhia (89), Mykolaiv (88), Chernihiv (68), Luhansk (66), and Dnipropetrovsk (66).

On April 27, two 8-year-old girls were wounded as a result of enemy shelling of Mykolaiv.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, the European Parliament discussed the issue of the returning Ukrainian children deported to Russia. Their reported number varies from 16,000 to a staggering 300,000.