Since the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, 79 children have been killed and about 100 injured, according to the Office of the Prosecutor General in the Telegram channel..

“During the 16 days of the war in Ukraine, 79 children have already died and almost 100 have been injured.. Most affected in Kiev, Kharkov, Donetsk, Sumy, Kherson and Zhytomyr regions. This figure is not final due to the lack of the possibility of inspecting the places of shelling, where the armed forces of the Russian Federation are conducting active hostilities..

Also, according to the report, more than 280 educational institutions were destroyed, nine of them were completely destroyed..

“In the Donetsk region, 110 educational institutions were damaged, in Sumy - 28, in Kyiv - 17 and more than 10 institutions of children's medical institutions. On average, during the war, the occupiers destroy 17 educational institutions every day..

Consequently, 7 million children are deprived of the opportunity to study due to active hostilities on the territory of Ukraine and the targeted destruction of such institutions,” the department noted..

The office of the Prosecutor General also noted that juvenile prosecutors continue to record all crimes committed by the Russian armed forces against children..

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Earlier, the British Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian Federation in the war against Ukraine purposefully uses unguided rockets for shelling and strikes in order to increase the number of civilian casualties..