Ukraine raises to about 350 the number of children killed since the start of the war with Russia

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July 12 () –

The Ukrainian authorities have raised this Tuesday to about 350 the number of children killed since the beginning of the Russian invasion, unleashed on February 24 by order of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, who days before had recognized the independence of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk republics.

The Ukrainian Prosecutor’s Office has indicated through Telegram that so far it has been able to verify 348 dead children and “more than 650” injured, although it has stressed that “these figures are not final, since work is underway in places of active hostilities and in the temporarily occupied and liberated territories”.

Thus, he has detailed that the Donetsk province is the one with the highest number of victims, with 348 dead and wounded. Behind are the Kharkov region, with 190; that of kyiv, with 116; that of Chernigov, with 68; that of Lugansk, with 61; that of Mikolaiv, with 53; that of Jersón, with 52; and that of Zaporizhia, with 31.

Finally, it has denounced that 2,121 educational institutions have suffered material damage due to attacks by Russian forces, of which a total of 216 have been “completely destroyed.” He has also provided a website and two phone numbers to “provide information on war crimes against children.”