📊 Casualties

As of the morning of 20 April 2022, 373 children have been wounded and 205 killed in Russian military aggression in Ukraine according to the General Prosecutor's Office, with 6 children wounded on 19 April alone.

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Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

373 children wounded in Ukraine as of 20 April 2022

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

205 children killed in Ukraine as of 20 April 2022

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

6 children wounded on 19 April 2022

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

205 children have been killed in Russia's war against Ukraine

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

373 children have been wounded in Russia's war against Ukraine

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

The real numbers of child casualties are likely significantly higher as workers are still finalizing counts in recently-liberated settlements and data from occupied territories is unavailable

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

At least 118 children were killed or injured in Donetsk Oblast

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

91 children were killed or injured in Kharkiv Oblast

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

57 children were killed or injured in Chernihiv Oblast

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

43 children were killed or injured in Kherson Oblast

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

40 children were killed or injured in Mykolaiv Oblast

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

36 children were killed or injured in Luhansk Oblast

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

25 children were killed or injured in Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

16 children were killed or injured in Kyiv city

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

16 children were killed or injured in Sumy Oblast

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

15 children were killed or injured in Zhytomyr Oblast

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