Russian armed aggression affects over 1,408 children in Ukraine

28.03.2023 09:20

Ukrinform

A total of 465 children have been killed and over 943 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.

“As of March 28, 2023, over 1,408 children in Ukraine were affected by the Russian armed aggression. According to the data from juvenile prosecutors, a total of 465 children were killed and over 943 received injuries of various severity levels,” 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 (446), Kharkiv region (273), Kyiv region (127), Kherson region (94), Zaporizhzhia region (88), Mykolaiv region (85), Chernihiv region (68), Luhansk region (66) and Dnipropetrovsk region (66).

On March 27, 2023, a 17-year-old boy was injured in Russia’s shelling of the Donetsk region’s Sloviansk.

As a result of Russia’s daily air and artillery strikes, a total of 3,126 educational institutions were damaged across Ukraine, and 438 of them were destroyed completely.