Russian armed aggression affects over 1,255 children in Ukraine

03.11.2022 10:16

Ukrinform

A total of 430 children have been killed and over 826 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.

“Over 1,255 children in Ukraine have been affected by the Russian armed aggression. As of November 3, 2022, the number of those killed remained unchanged (430 children). The number of those injured exceeded 826 children,” 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 (420), Kharkiv region (263), Kyiv region (116), Mykolaiv region (77), Zaporizhzhia region (70), Chernihiv region (68), Luhansk region (64), Kherson region (58), and Dnipropetrovsk region (31).

On November 1, 2022, a 14-year-old boy was injured in Russia’s shelling of the Kharkiv region’s Izium.

As a result of Russia’s daily air and artillery strikes, a total of 2,719 educational institutions were damaged across Ukraine, and 332 of them were destroyed completely.