Russian forces kill 346 children in Ukraine
IRYNA BALACHUK - WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2022, 08:38
As of the morning of 6 July, at least 991 children have been injured in Ukraine as a result of Russia's full-scale military aggression.
Source: Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine on Telegram
Quote: "According to official information from juvenile prosecutors, 346 children have been killed and more than 645 have been injured.
This data is not final, as work continues to establish the data in places of active hostilities and in the temporarily occupied and liberated territories."
Details: Most children have been affected in Donetsk (346), Kharkiv (186), Kyiv (116), Chernihiv (68), Luhansk (61), Mykolaiv (53), Kherson (52) and Zaporizhzhia (31) oblasts.
In particular, the death of a 4-year-old girl in Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast has been confirmed. She had been seriously wounded on 3 July as a result of Russian shelling.
On 5 July, Russian troops shelled the village of Pechenihy, Chuhuiv district, Kharkiv Oblast. A 2-year-old boy was injured.
Due to bombing and shelling by the Russian Armed Forces, 2,108 educational institutions have been damaged, of which 215 are completely destroyed.
