Ukraine denounces the death of about 460 children since the beginning of the Russian invasion

MADRID, 18 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Ukrainian authorities have raised this Wednesday to about 460 the number of children killed since the start of the Russian invasion, unleashed on February 24, 2022 by order of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Ukrainian Prosecutor's Office has indicated in a message on its Telegram account that it has so far been able to verify the deaths of 459 children, before adding that more than 900 have been injured "as a result of large-scale armed aggression by Russia." .

"These figures are not final, since the work to establish them continues in the places of active hostilities, in the temporarily occupied territories and in the liberated territories," he pointed out, after confirming the death of six minors due to the attack with a projectile against a residential building in Dnipro.

Lastly, he pointed out that Donetsk province accumulated the highest number of casualties, with 429 between dead and wounded. Behind them are the Kharkov region, with 269; that of Kiev, with 117; that of Zaporiyia, with 84; that of Jershon, with 83; that of Mikolaiv, with 82; that of Chernígov, with 68; that of Lugansk, with 66; and that of Dnipropetrovsk, with