the total number of Ukrainian children who died in the first month rose to 135

the total number of Ukrainian children who died in the first month rose to 135

The report included two children who died yesterday in attacks Russians with artillery against areas of the Donetsk region (east) still in the hands of the Government of Ukraine and three others who were injured in Melitopol (southeast) by a mine explosion.

Likewise, he stressed that 566 educational institutions suffered material damage -including 230 schools and 155 nurseries-, of which 73 were totally destroyed.

To them are added another 40 facilities such as medical centers, art schools, sports centers and libraries, the Europa Press news agency reported.

The prosecution stressed that “These data are not conclusive, since it is not possible to inspect the places of the attacks in areas where there are active hostilities and in the temporarily occupied territories”in reference to the Russian-speaking provinces of Donetsk and Lugansk, which were dominated by Russian forces practically in their entire surface after the invasion that began on February 24 last.

The United Nations Organization (UN) said yesterday that violence forced 4.3 million children to flee their homes in Ukrainemore than half of the country’s underage population estimated before the start of the war.

War in Ukraine refugee children

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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights He specified that in the areas of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions under Ukrainian control, 255 deaths and 646 injuries were recorded, while in those under the domain of the self-proclaimed separatist republics, 56 deaths and 211 injuries were recorded.

Donetsk and Luganskin the Donbass region, are two provinces of Russian descent and culture that seven years ago had been suffering permanent attacks from the Ukrainian governmentin contradiction to the Minsk Agreements of 2014 and 2015 that the kyiv authorities themselves signed but failed to comply with.

In the rest of the country’s regions, 724 deaths and 793 injuries have been confirmed so far, according to the agency, which pointed out that “Most civilian casualties have been caused by the use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area, including attacks by heavy artillery, multiple rocket launch systems, missiles, and shelling.”

Finally, he stressed that he considers that the real figures “are considerably higher” because “the information received from some areas where there is intense hostility under way has been postponed and many reports are still awaiting corroboration”, something that it affects localities such as Mariupol (south), Volnovakha (within Donetsk), Izium (east), Sievierodonetsk (within Lugansk) and Rubizhne (within Lugansk).

Source: Ambito

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