In Ukraine, 829 children injured amid war
That’s according to the Prosecutor General's Office, referring to juvenile prosecutors, Ukrinform reports.
"More than 1,259 children were affected in Ukraine as a result of the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation. As of the morning of November 11, 2022, the official number of child victims has not changed, remaining at 430. The number of injured has increased – to 829," the report reads.
The data are not final, as work is ongoing to verify incoming reports from active hostility zones, as well as temporarily captured and liberated territories.
The largest numbers of affected children were reported in Donetsk region (421), Kharkiv region (263), Kyiv region (116), Mykolaiv region (77), Zaporizhia region (70), Chernihiv region (68), Luhansk region (64), Kherson region (58), and Dnipropetrovsk region (31).
On March 29, as a result of enemy shelling of the village, a 12-year-old boy was injured in Davydiv Brid, Beryslav district, Kherson region.
A total of 2,719 educational facilities were damaged due to bombing and shelling by the Russian invasion forces, of which 332 were completely destroyed.
As Ukrinform reported earlier, 248 children are currently considered missing since the full-scale invasion, while 7,049 missing children have been found.
