As many as 382 kids had been killed and over 741 injured in Ukraine because the Russian invasion, claimed Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office.
“Russia’s war has killed at least 382 children, injured over 741 since Feb. 24. The numbers are expected to be higher since they do not include casualties in the Russian-occupied territories or near the front line,” Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) mentioned, in keeping with The Kyiv Independent.
Prosecutor General’s Office: Russia’s conflict has killed a minimum of 382 kids, injured over 741 since Feb. 24.
The numbers are anticipated to be greater since they don’t embrace casualties within the Russian-occupied territories or close to the entrance line.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) September 6, 2022
The most affected kids are within the Donetsk area some 388, Kharkiv some 204, Kyiv some 116, Mykolaiv some 71, Chernihiv some 68, Luhansk some 61, Kherson some 55, Zaporizhia some 46,” the PGO claimed, as per Ukraine’s news agency Interfax.
On September 3, as a result of enemy shelling of the town of Zelenodolsk, Dnipropetrovsk region, a nine-year-old boy was killed. On the same day, the occupiers fired from multiple launch rocket systems using prohibited cluster munitions in Vysunsk, Mykolaiv region. As a result, an eight-year-old boy died, and three more children aged nine, seven and 11 were injured, Interfax reported.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “particular army operation” in Ukraine after months of simmering tensions between the 2 nations.
In March 2022, the United Nations estimated that just about considered one of each two Ukrainian kids had grow to be a refugee.
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