437 children killed, 837 injured due to war in Ukraine

Russian forces have killed 437 children across Ukraine, injuring another 837 since the invasion on February 24, said the Prosecutor General's Office, Report informs, citing Ukrinform.

"As of the morning of November 19, 2022, 1,274 children were affected in Ukraine as a result of Russia's full-scale armed aggression. According to the official reports by juvenile prosecutors, 437 children were killed and 837 sustained injuries of varying severity," the statement reads.

According to the PGO, the largest number of children casualties were reported in the following regions: Donetsk (423), Kharkiv (266), Kyiv (117), Mykolaiv (77), Zaporizhia (75), Chernihiv (68), Luhansk (64), Kherson (64), and Dnipropetrovsk (32).

On November 18, in the village of Komysh-Zorya, Zaporizhia region, Russian troops shot a family with two children aged 5 and 14 at close range in their own home.

Russian strikes also damaged 2,719 educational facilities, 332 of which were completely destroyed.