Russian occupiers in Ukraine have killed 383 children and injured more than 742

Olena Barsukova, Ukrainska Pravda.Zhyttia — THURSDAY, 8 SEPTEMBER, 2022

As of the morning of 8 September, more than 1,125 Ukrainian children have been injured in the full-scale war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.

According to official information from the prosecutors of crimes against youth, 383 children have been killed.

Additionally, more than 742 children have sustained injuries of varying degrees of severity.

Source: Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine

Quote: "These numbers are not final, as work is ongoing to establish them in places of active hostilities and in temporarily occupied and liberated territories."

The largest number of children were affected in Donetsk Oblast (389), Kharkiv Oblast (205), Kyiv Oblast (116), Mykolaiv Oblast (72), Chernihiv Oblast (68), Luhansk Oblast (61), Kherson Oblast (55), Zaporizhzhia Oblast (46), and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (26).

7,420 children have been deported from Ukraine. However, 55 have been brought back.

According to the National Police, 5,469 missing children have been found since the beginning of the war.

Similarly, 2,472 educational institutions have been damaged as a result of bombing and shelling by the Russian occupiers. 289 of them have been completely destroyed.

Any information on a war crime against a child can be provided via a single evidence hub, warcrimes.gov.ua, and by phone: +380961004438, +380683235856. 

You can report or find information about children who have suffered as a result of the Russian Federation's war against Ukraine on childrenofwar.gov.ua.

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