11:09 27.05.2022

Number of children injured due to Russian aggression in Ukraine has increased to more than 679: 241 children killed, 438 injured – PGO

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Number of children injured due to Russian aggression in Ukraine has increased to more than 679: 241 children killed, 438 injured – PGO

More than 679 children were injured in Ukraine as a result of the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation: as of the morning of May 27, the official number of child victims increased to 241, and the number of wounded increased to 438, the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) reports.

These figures are not final, as work is underway to establish them in the places of active hostilities, in the temporarily occupied and liberated territories, the report says.

The most affected children were in Donetsk region – 151, Kyiv – 116, Kharkiv – 108, Chernihiv – 68, Luhansk – 50, Kherson – 49, Mykolaiv – 45, Zaporizhia – 28, Sumy – 17, in the city of Kyi v – 16, and Zhytomyr – 15.

On May 26, the occupiers once again shelled Kharkiv from artillery. Eight civilians were killed. There is a family among the victims: a 5-month-old boy and his father were killed, and his mother is in the hospital. Seventeen people were injured, including a 9-year-old girl.

On May 25, as a result of enemy shelling of the village of Borovske of Severodonetsk district of Luhansk region, a 15-year-old teenager was wounded.

Due to the constant bombing and shelling by the armed forces of the Russian Federation of Ukrainian cities and villages, 1,887 educational institutions were damaged. At the same time, 180 of them are completely destroyed.

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