Regional breakdowns provided by prosecutors indicate that Donetsk Oblast has the highest number of affected children (371), followed by Kharkiv (197), Kyiv (116), and Chernihiv (68).
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The greatest number of affected children are in Donetsk (371), Kharkiv (197), Kyiv (116), Chernihiv (68), Luhansk (6), Mykolaiv (58), Kherson (55), and Zaporizhzhia (40) oblasts.
About 350,000 residents remain in Donetsk Oblast while most of the pre-war 1.7 million population have relocated elsewhere.
The Ukrainian government imposed mandatory evacuations in late July 2022.
Ukrainian security services alleged that the Yelenovka explosion was a terrorist act by Wagner mercenaries acting on Prigozhin's orders.
Russian side claimed the Ukrainian military struck the correctional colony.
Denys Zhorin believed the plan was to kill all Ukrainian prisoners during the explosion.
The settlement of Pisky is controlled by the Ukrainian armed forces.
The enemy wants to bypass Avdiivka through Pisky to carry out a further offensive.
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