496 children have died in Ukraine as a result of Russia's armed aggression as of July 22, 2023. A total of 1,564 children were injured.
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As of 22 July 2023, 496 children had died in Ukraine as a result of Russia's armed aggression. A total of 1,564 children were injured.
Two children (ages 9 and 16) killed by Russian shelling in Druzhba village
Front-line AFU units suffer slow drip losses of dead and wounded not just to minefields, but to booby traps, shell strikes, tanks firing from the far side of a distant hill, drone-controlled artillery and guided and unguided aerial bombs.
Oleksandr Boroday was injured in a shelling incident near Bakhmut on 22 July.
Oleksandr Boroday survived the injury.
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