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Two severely wounded children with gunshot wounds died in the Kyiv region overnight after being unable to reach specialist medical care due to the Russian military blockade.

Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast
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Andriy Visotskyy (person) Okhmatdet (location) Volodymyr Zhovnir (person) Olexandr Markushyn (person) Irpin (location) Kyiv (location) Romanivka (location) Kyiv Region Police (organization) Department of Emergencies (organization) Bila Tserkva (location) patients (person) Kadyrovites (military_unit) psychoneurological hospital (location) Ukraine (organization) Vilnius (location) Vitaliy Klichko (person) Ministry of Digital Transformation (organization) Starlink (weapon_system) Volodymyr Klichko (person) Bucha (location) two children (person) Denys Kirieiev (person) Security Service of Ukraine (organization) Gomel (location) Ukrainian servicemen (military_unit) Volodymyr Brovchenko (person) Russian occupation forces (military_unit) Civilian volunteers (organization) Dmytro (person) surgeon (person) Chornobyl nuclear power plant (location) Russian forces (military_unit) Volodymyr Zhovnyr (person) 11-year-old patient (person) Ohmatdyt hospital (location) Nestor Shufrych (person) Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces (military_unit) Okhmatdet Hospital (location) Yuriy Prilipko (person) Oshmakhytet Children's Hospital (location) Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital (location) Woman with a red manicure (person) Man on a bicycle (person) Volunteer (person) Iryna Filkina (person) Artem Tarayev (person) BMD-2 armored vehicle (weapon_system) Russian occupying forces (military_unit) two Ukrainian children (person) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person) Oleksandr Marushin (person) Vitali Klitschko (person) NATO (organization) USA (organization) Oleksandr Markushyn (person) Russian Federation (organization) Kyiv City State Administration (organization)

Source Reports

Two seriously injured children died because they were physically unable to get to specialist care due to the enemy blockade

The children had gunshot wounds

Three requests were received overnight to evacuate seriously injured children with gunshot wounds from settlements near Kyiv

Ukrainian servicemen assisted civilians crossing a destroyed bridge to evacuate from Irpin on March 5

Children were evacuated from Irpin on March 5

Nestor Shufrych was detained in Kyiv on March 4, 2022, for allegedly photographing Ukrainian military positions; his security detail resisted and was also detained.

Nestor Shufrych claims he was taking selfies to prove his presence in Kyiv and denies photographing military positions or resisting arrest.

89 civilians were killed in Kyiv during the 40 days of full-scale invasion, including 4 children.

398 civilians were injured in Kyiv, including 20 children.

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