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500 children killed during Russian invasion of Ukraine – Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office

Sunday, 13 August 2023, 09:21
500 children killed during Russian invasion of Ukraine – Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office
Photo: Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office

The Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) has reported that, as of the morning of 13 August, 500 children have been officially confirmed to have been killed in Ukraine during Russia's armed aggression.

Source: Ukrainian PGO

Details: Over 1597 children have been affected in Ukraine as a result of the Russian full-scale armed aggression.

Besides the 500 children killed, 1097 more were injured.

The PGO says the majority of children were affected in the following oblasts: Donetsk – 485, Kharkiv – 298, Kyiv – 129, Kherson – 118, Zaporizhzhia – 99, Mykolaiv – 97, Dnipropetrovsk – 94, Chernihiv – 71, and Luhansk – 67.

However, the PGO emphasises that these figures are not definitive, as the number may differ after the liberation and examination of the Ukrainian territories captured by Russia.

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