The number of dead and injured children is definitely higher, here we are talking only about documented cases.
On the morning of April 17, 2023, as a result of the Russian invasion, according to official information from juvenile prosecutors, 470 children died and more than 948 were injured in various degrees of severity. This was reported by the press service of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.
The number of dead and injured children is definitely higher, here we are talking only about documented cases.
These numbers are not final. The work continues to place them in war zones, in temporarily occupied and liberated territories, the report said.
According to the latest data from prosecutors, on April 16, a 17-year-old teenager was killed as a result of enemy shelling in the Bashtansky district of the Nikolaev region.
Earlier it was reported that the Russians had started deporting children from Energodar
A child pulled out from under the rubble in Slavyansk has died
Source: korrespondent
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