The number of children affected by the war has increased
Kyiv • UNN
More than 500 Ukrainian children have been killed and more than 1,200 injured as a result of the ongoing Russian invasion.
In Ukraine, more than 1741 children have suffered as a result of the full-scale war started by Russia - 523 children were killed and more than 1218 were injured. UNN reports this with reference to the data of the Prosecutor General's Office released on Friday.
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"More than 1741 children have suffered in Ukraine as a result of the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation. As of the morning of February 9, 2024, according to official information from juvenile prosecutors, 523 children were killed and more than 1218 were injured of varying severity," the statement said.
On February 8, a 7-year-old boy was wounded as a result of enemy shelling of Selydove, Donetsk region.
Children were most affected in the following regions: Donetsk - 509, Kharkiv - 328, Kherson - 146, Kyiv - 130, Dnipro - 111, Mykolaiv - 101, Zaporizhzhia - 100, Chernihiv - 72, Luhansk - 67.
These figures are reportedly not final. Work is underway to establish them in the areas of hostilities, on the temporarily occupied and liberated territories.
