Russia's armed aggression affects at least 917 children in Ukraine

Russia's armed aggression affects at least 917 children in Ukraine

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At least 324 children have been killed and 597 injured in Ukraine since the Russian invasion started.

The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office said this in a statement posted to Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"More than 917 children were injured in Ukraine as a result of full-scale armed aggression by the Russian Federation. As of the morning of June 23, 2022, the official number of child victims over the past day has not changed - 324. The number of those injured has increased to 597," the report states.

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 (308), Kharkiv Region (175), Kyiv Region (116), Chernihiv Region (68), Luhansk Region (54), Kherson Region (52), Mykolaiv Region (48), Zaporizhzhia Region (31), and Sumy Region (17).

A total of 2,056 educational institutions were damaged across Ukraine as a result of Russia's daily air and artillery strikes, and 212 of them were destroyed completely.

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