Russian armed aggression affects over 1,448 children in Ukraine

The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“As of May 12, 2023, over 1,448 children in Ukraine were affected by the Russian armed aggression. According to the data from juvenile prosecutors, a total of 480 children were killed and over 968 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 (455), Kharkiv region (275), Kyiv region (128), Kherson region (97), Zaporizhzhia region (89), Mykolaiv region (89), Chernihiv region (70), Dnipropetrovsk region (69), and Luhansk region (66).

On May 11, 2023, a 16-year-old girl was injured in Russia’s shelling of the Kharkiv region’s village of Velykyi Burluk.