– This is an indescribable tragedy: the Russian military is deliberately targeting our children with their bloody plans. Monsters kidnap children and use them as living shields. “Protect” your dying columns. Residents of villages in the province of Chernihiv learned about this. Ukrainian child rights spokeswoman Mykola Kuleba said similar atrocities had been reported in the provinces of Sumi, Kiev and Zaporizhia.
He cited the example of a tragedy that took place on Friday in a hostel in the Kiev region. The occupants opened fire on the car with the mother and childBy killing a woman. On the other hand, 11 people were injured as a result of the shelling of phosphorus explosives in the Donetsk region. Five children Ukrinform reported.
Since the start of the Russian invasion of the country, according to data from the Office of the Attorney General of Ukraine on Saturday At least 158 children diedA 254 people were injured. According to information provided by Guleba, these data do not include the 210 children who died during the siege by Russian forces. Like Mariupol In the southeast of Ukraine.