Russia already kills 229 children in Ukraine

16.05.2022, 11:01 ukrinform.net

In Ukraine, 229 children have been killed and another 421 have been injured as a result of Russian full-scale armed aggression. “As of the morning of May 16, 2022, the Russian full-scale armed aggression affected more than 650 children in Ukraine. According to official data from juvenile prosecutors, 229 children were killed and more than 421 were injured,” the Prosecutor General's Office posted on Telegram. As noted, the figures are not final as work is underway to establish casualties in areas of active hostilities, in the temporarily occupied and liberated territories. Most children were affected in Donetsk region – 140, Kyiv region – 116, Kharkiv region – 100, Chernihiv region – 68, Kherson region – 48, Luhansk region – 45, Mykolayiv region – 44, Zaporizhzhia region – 28, Sumy region – 17, Kyiv city – 16, Zhytomyr region – 15.