Russian armed aggression affects over 1,226 children in Ukraine

The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“Over 1,226 children in Ukraine have been affected by the Russian armed aggression. As of October 10, 2022, a total of 422 children were killed and over 804 received injuries of various severity levels,” the report states.

These data are not final, as they are being investigated within the areas of hostilities, temporarily occupied and liberated areas.

Currently, most casualties were recorded in the Donetsk region (405), Kharkiv region (252), Kyiv region (116), Mykolaiv region (76), Chernihiv region (68), Luhansk region (64), Zaporizhzhia region (68), Kherson region (57), and Dnipropetrovsk region (30).

On October 9, 2022, one child was killed and 11 injured in Russia’s missile attack on Zaporizhzhia.

On the night of October 10, 2022, a 3-year-old girl was injured in Russia’s shelling of the Mykolaiv region.

As a result of Russia’s daily air and artillery strikes, a total of 2,608 educational institutions were damaged across Ukraine, and 313 of them were destroyed completely.

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