Russian aggression claims lives off of 585 children in Ukraine – report
Source: Office of the Prosecutor General
Russia’s armed aggression in Ukraine has tragically claimed the lives of 585 children, with over 1,664 others wounded, bringing the total number of child casualties to over 2,249. The grim figures were revealed by Prosecutor General’s Office on Friday.
The hardest-hit regions include Donetsk (597), Kharkiv (459), Kherson (184), Dnipropetrovsk (184), Kyiv (133), Zaporizhzhia (145), and Mykolaiv (117).
On October 29, two boys, ages 8 and 14, were injured in Kherson region, while in Donetsk region, a 16-year-old girl and a 1.5-year-old boy sustained injuries. And the grim count keeps rising.
Two more boys, aged 12 and 15, were killed and 10-year-old girl was injured in Kharkiv on October 30. Another boy, 11, was also wounded. That same day, a 14-year-old boy in Dnipro suffered injuries.
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