112 Ukrainian Children Killed since Russian Invasion: Prosecutor Office Says

On Saturday, The Ukrainian prosecutor general's office said on Saturday that 112 children have been killed so far in the war in Ukraine.

It also said on Telegram that 140 children had been wounded.

“The highest number of victims are in the Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kherson, Mykolayiv, and Zhytomyr regions,” it said in a statement.

On the other hand, Russia denied targeting civilians in what it calls a “special operation” to demilitarise and “deNazify” Ukraine.

Yesterday two children were killed and two more children were wounded in Russia’s shelling on civil infrastructure facilities in Mykolaiv Region.

Due to bombardments and shelling, 379 educational institutions were damaged, and 59 of them were destroyed completely. Most destructions were reported in Donetsk Region (119 educational institutions), Mykolaiv Region (30), Sumy Region (28), Kyiv Region (35), Kherson Region (21), and the city of Kyiv (24).

The final data are yet to be reported, as it is impossible to inspect certain areas, where active hostilities are underway.