128 children killed by Russian occupiers in one month of war
DIANA KRECHETOVA – THURSDAY, 24 MARCH 2022
During the month of war in Ukraine, the Russian occupiers have killed 128 children, 7 of whom died in the past 24 hours.
These tragic statistics were provided by the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.
At the same time, the number of wounded children has increased to 172.
The highest number of casualties was recorded in the following regions: Kyiv - 64, Kharkiv - 43, Donetsk - 43, Chernihiv - 32, Mykolaiv - 24, Zhytomyr - 15, Kherson - 15 and Sumy - 14, and in the city of Kyiv – 16.
On Wednesday, 23 March, in Mariupol, rescuers found the body of 11-year-old Ukrainian gymnast Kateryna Dyachenko under the rubble of a house that had been shelled by the occupiers. Her home collapsed after being hit by an enemy shell.
The budding gymnast had won major competitions multiple times.
Moreover, on 11 March, Russian troops fired on a convoy of cars during the evacuation of civilians in the village of Peremoha in the Brovary district of the Kyiv region. A 13-year-old boy died as a result of the invaders’ immoral act.
In Bucha, on 13 March, Russian soldiers ruthlessly opened fire on a car with a family inside, killing two children aged 4 and 9, as well as their mother.
The number of victims is growing every day in Ukraine: 9 children have been taken to the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Children's Hospital with severe injuries due to shelling in Mariupol and Sievierodonetsk.
During the month of the war, the Russian occupiers have damaged 566 educational institutions, 73 of which have been totally destroyed. In particular, more than 230 schools and 155 kindergartens have already been damaged or destroyed.
The areas with the largest number of destroyed educational institutions are the Donetsk, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Kyiv, Kherson and Chernihiv regions and the city of Kyiv.
The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine added that the data were not final, given that it is not possible to inspect shelling sites in areas where active hostilities are taking place and in the temporarily occupied territories.
