Ukraine war killed or injured nearly 1,000 children in six months
The war that marked the six months of this week in Ukraine has killed or injured nearly a thousand children so far.
According to the United Nations Human Rights Office, 362 dead and 610 injured – out of a total of 972 – for about six months – about five children are victimized every day on average. “And these are numbers that only the UN can verify. We believe the real number is much higher,” said UNICEF Director Catherine Russell. said.
At least 16 percent of the children killed were under the age of five, indicating that the civilian population has suffered the ravages of the conflict at the front. Russell said in a statement that the majority of child deaths were actually caused by the use of explosive weapons “that do not distinguish between civilians and combatants, especially when used in populated areas such as in Ukraine.”