Russian strikes kill 17,400 civilians since beginning of full-scale war – Prosecutor General's Office

More than 17,400 civilians have been killed by Russian strikes since the start of the full-scale invasion.

Yurii Rud, Head of the Department for Counteracting Crimes Committed in Armed Conflict Conditions at the Prosecutor General's Office, stated this on the sidelines of the conference "United for Justice. Accountability for Crimes Against the Civilian Population," Ukrinform reports.

"More than 17,400 civilians have been killed since the start of the full-scale invasion, and more than 43,000 people have been injured," he said.

Rud added that more than 700 Ukrainian children have been killed during the war, and more than 2,400 have been injured.

Speaking about infrastructure destruction, the prosecutor said that overall, during the full-scale invasion, Russians have destroyed or damaged more than 320,000 civilian infrastructure objects. In particular, 86,000 residential buildings, more than 5,000 educational and childcare institutions, more than 1,400 medical facilities, more than 900 cultural sites, and more than 330 religious buildings.

As Ukrinform reported, Russian forces have carried out 596 strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure since the start of the full-scale invasion.