Russia's armed aggression affects at least 910 children in Ukraine
The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office said this in a statement posted to Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
“More than 910 children were injured in Ukraine as a result of full-scale armed aggression by the Russian Federation. As of the morning of June 21, 2022, the official number of child victims over the past day has not changed - 323. The number of those injured has increased to 587,” the report states.
On June 19, a 16-year-old girl was injured by enemy shelling in the village of Ivanivka, Izium district, Kharkiv region.
These figures 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 (302), Kharkiv Region (174), Kyiv Region (116), Chernihiv Region (68), Luhansk Region (54), Kherson Region (52), Mykolaiv Region (48), Zaporizhzhia Region (30), and Sumy Region (17).
A total of 2,052 educational institutions were damaged across Ukraine as a result of Russia’s daily air and artillery strikes, and 210 of them were destroyed completely.
On February 24, 2022, Russia started a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russian occupiers are shelling and bombarding Ukrainian cities and villages, torturing and murdering civilians.
