Russian armed aggression affects over 1,527 children in Ukraine

A total of 494 children have been killed and over 1,033 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 29, 2023, over 1,527 children in Ukraine were affected by the Russian armed aggression. According to the data from juvenile prosecutors, a total of 494 children were killed and over 1,033 received injuries of various severity levels,” 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 the Donetsk region (471), Kharkiv region (284), Kyiv region (129), Kherson region (113), Zaporizhzhia region (91), Mykolaiv region (89), Dnipropetrovsk region (83), Chernihiv region (71), and Luhansk region (67).

Over the past day, one more girl, aged 17, has been reported killed in Russia’s missile attack on Kramatorsk.