More children will have severe injuries in Ukraine. More than 1.500 children from different regions of Ukraine were injured as a result of the military actions of the Russian Federation. The number of dead children is more than 500, almost 400 are missing.
On July 16, the number of injured children increased due to a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. An explosion sounded in the village of Trifonovka, Kherson region, which was previously occupied. The Russian invaders left behind explosives. Children 8 and 10 years old found one of them during the games on the street. An unknown object detonated, injuring the boys. The youngest child finished with severe injuries to the torso, hands, and leg burns. Both boys also had contusions and head injuries.
Chairman of the Kherson regional military administration, Prokudin, said that doctors provide children with the necessary assistance.
On the same day, the armed forces of the Russian Federation fired 415 shells in the Kherson region. Shells hit residential quarters.
The Ukrainian people must learn to live with a new understanding of the term "children of war". Now it will be children who survived the war and those who the occupiers physically mutilated. The Ukrainian people must learn to live with a new understanding of the term "children of war". Now they are not only children who have lived through the war but also those who the occupiers have physically mutilated.
