Ukrainian authorities on Thursday put the number of children killed since the beginning of the Russian invasion, unleashed on February 24 on the orders of Russian President Vladimir Putin, at more than 440.
The Ukrainian Prosecutor’s Office said that, as of Thursday morning, it has been able to verify the death of 441 children, while 852 have been injured of varying degrees «as a result of the large-scale armed aggression by Russia».
«The figures are not final, as there is ongoing work to establish them in the places of active hostilities, in the temporarily occupied territories and in the liberated territories,» the agency has highlighted through a message on its Telegram account.
In this way, it has detailed that the Donetsk province is the one that accumulates the highest number of victims, with 424 between dead and wounded. Behind are Kharkov region, with 266; Kiev region, with 117; Mikolaiv region, with 77; Zaporiyia region, with 76; Kherson region, with 70; Chernigov region, with 68; Lugansk region, with 64; and Dnipropetrovsk region, with 33.
Finally, he noted that 2,719 educational institutions have suffered material damage as a result of the attacks by the Russian forces, of which a total of 332 have been «completely destroyed».
