Every year since 1982, June 4 is celebrated as the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression.. Over 449 million children remained in conflict zones in 2021, Save the Children, an international NGO, said..

1.6 billion children, or more than two-thirds of the world's children, lived in conflict-affected countries in 2021. This indicator increased by 9 percent compared to the previous year, the organization said in a report, Anadolu reports..

UN report says 23,982 serious violations of their rights were committed against children during armed conflict in 2021. It is noted that 22,645 of these violations occurred in 2021, and 1,337 were committed in previous years and received confirmation in 2021..

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According to the recorded data, 19,165 children were more involved in crimes such as murder, mutilation, use in conflicts, blocking access to humanitarian assistance.

The report notes that during the same period, 2,515 children were killed and another 5,555 minors were maimed..

According to the UN, 6,310 minors have been used in wars and 3,945 children have been denied access to humanitarian aid..

The countries with the highest number of crimes against children in 2021 were Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Israel, Palestine, Somalia, territories in Syria controlled by Damascus and Yemen.

According to the Office of the Prosecutor General, as of March 2023, more than 1,393 children were affected by the war in Ukraine. 462 children died and more than 931 were injured of varying severity.