As a result of Russian aggression against Ukraine, 136 children were killed, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine reported. About 200 children were injured.
Yesterday, as a result of shelling by the Russian army in the Donetsk region, a 9-year-old child was killed and another was injured. On Thursday, a 13-year-old girl from the outskirts of Mykolaiv suffered multiple facial injuries as a result of artillery fire.
Every day, 570 educational institutions suffered from bombing and shelling, 73 of which were completely destroyed. The most difficult situation is in Donetsk, Kharkov, Nikolaev, Sumy, Kyiv, Kherson and Chernigov.
The data is not final, since it is not possible to investigate the places of shelling in the areas of active hostilities and in the territories temporarily occupied by the Russians.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a major invasion of Ukraine. Russian troops are shelling and destroying key infrastructure, bombing residential areas of Ukrainian cities.