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08
March
2023

As result of Russia's aggression in Ukraine, 464 children killed, 931 wounded – PGO

KYIV. March 8 (Interfax-Ukraine) – As of the morning of March 8, some 464 children were killed in Ukraine as a result of Russia’s full-scale armed aggression, some 931 were injured of varying severity, the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) has said.

“As of the morning of March 8, 2023, more than 1,395 children suffered in Ukraine as a result of Russia’s full-scale armed aggression. According to official information from juvenile prosecutors, some 464 children died and more than 931 were injured of varying severity,” such data are provided in the PGO message in Telegram channel on Wednesday.

As noted, the figures are not final. Work continues to establish them in places of warfare, in the temporarily occupied and liberated territories.

Children suffered the most in Donetsk region some 446, Kharkiv some 273, Kyiv some 123, Kherson some 94, Zaporizhia some 84, Mykolaiv some 83, Chernihiv some 68, Luhansk some 66, Dnipropetrovsk some 64.

As specified in the report, due to massive bombing and shelling during the year, some 3,126 educational institutions were damaged by Russia’s armed forces, while 438 of them were completely destroyed.