12:12 19.03.2022

Since start of Russia's full-scale invasion in Ukraine, 112 children die – PGO

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As of the morning of the 24th day of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into the territory of Ukraine, 112 children died and more than 140 were injured from the actions of the aggressor, the Prosecutor General's Office reports.

"Most of the victims were in Kyiv region – 57, Kharkiv region – 36, Donetsk region – 28, Chernihiv region – 30, Mykolaiv region – 21, Zhytomyr region – 15, Sumy region – 14 and Kherson region – 14," the message said on Facebook.

In particular, on March 16, the Russian Federation military illegally took possession of a building in the village of Kolonschyna, Makariv community, Kyiv region, having killed two residents, including a 16-year-old teenager.

On March 18, a 16-year-old youth died as a result of an anti-tank mine explosion in Lotskyne, Bashtanka district, Mykolaiv region. Also on this day, from under the rubble of the Chernihiv hostel, rescuers removed the bodies of seven-year-old twins – a boy and a girl.

Due to regular bombardments and shelling by the armed forces of the Russian Federation of civilian infrastructure and residential areas, 489 educational institutions were damaged, 69 of which were completely destroyed.

Most of the damaged schools and kindergartens were in Donetsk region – 138, Kharkiv region – 77, Kyiv region – 41, Mykolaiv region – 39, Sumy region – 33, Kherson region – 21, and in the capital – 43.

"These data are not final, since there is no opportunity to inspect the places of shelling in the areas of active hostilities and in the temporarily occupied territories," the report says.

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