Russian atrocities: 167 children already killed, 297 injured in Ukraine

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

"A total of 167 children died in Ukraine as a result of Russia’s armed aggression. More than 464 children were injured in Ukraine due to the Russian armed aggression. As of the morning of April 7, the official death toll for children hasn’t changed. It’s 167. The number of injured has increased – it’s more than 297," the agency said.

It is noted that these figures are not final, as work is underway to assess the situation in locations where active hostilities are underway in the temporarily occupied and liberated territories.

The PGO clarified that the most affected children were from the following regions: Kyiv (86), Donetsk (81), Kharkiv (73), Chernihiv (50), Mykolaiv (39), Luhansk (32), Zaporizhia (22), Kherson (29), the city of Kyiv (16), Sumy (16), and Zhytomyr (15).

The PGO also said that on April 6, the body was taken to the morgue of a 12-year-old girl, who died in a burning car in Yahidne, Chernihiv region, while trying to evacuate from the war zone.

"It became known that during the temporary occupation of the territories of Vyshhorod district of Kyiv region in March, servicemen of the armed forces and other military formations of the Russian Federation fired on the civilian population in the town of Dymer. As a result of shelling, a child was injured and her father died on the spot," the statement said.

In addition, on March 22, a 4-year-old boy was seriously injured in the shelling of Kharkiv.

Also, as a result of bombings and shelling, 928 educational facilities were damaged, of which 84 were completely destroyed.

On April 6, Darya Herasymchuk, the presidential adviser on children's rights and rehabilitation, reported that about 14,600 Ukrainian families had applied for temporary hosting of their children for the month.

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