The Russian army has caused the death of at least 438 children in Ukraine since the invasion began on February 24, the Ukrainian Attorney General’s Office said today via the Telegram messaging network.
“As of the morning of November 23, 2022 [today], more than 1,279 children have been affected in Ukraine as a result of the Russian Federation’s large-scale armed aggression,” said the Prosecutor’s Office.
According to the same source, “438 minors were murdered and 841 were injured”.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office also mentions that the numbers are not definitive because work is still being carried out to determine the real number of casualties in the areas where the “hostilities” continue.
Ukrainian prosecutors cannot confirm whether the killings took place in the territories that remain occupied or if they took place in recently reconquered areas.
The latest casualty among Ukrainian children occurred in the last few hours.
A baby has died following a Russian attack on a maternity hospital in the Ukrainian region of Zaporijia, annexed by Moscow, Kiev relief services said today via social media.
“On the night of November 23, in the city of Vilniansk, in the Zaporijia region, a two-story building where a maternity unit operated was destroyed by a rocket attack,” said a rescuer in a message spread on social media.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of “terror and death”, referring directly to the attack that hit the maternity hospital.
“The enemy has decided once again to accomplish through terror and murder what it has not been able to do in nine months” since the Feb. 24 invasion, Zelensky said.
*With Lusa
