Prosecutor General’s Office: Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine killed 546 children

UKRAINE, May 15 — The Russian armed aggression has killed 546 and injured more than 1,341 children, reported the Office of the Prosecutor General.

In the Kharkiv oblast, the Russian aggression has affected 370 children. The Kharkiv Oblast is the second among Ukrainian regions in terms of the number of children affected by the war. Most children were killed or injured in the Donetsk region — 531.

On the evening of May 14, Russian troops hit the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv with three air bombs. The Russian attack injured 21 civilians, including two girls aged 12 and 8, and a 12-year-old boy.

Evacuation is currently underway in the region as the Russians launched a new ground offensive north and northeast of the Kharkiv region. The border communities came under heavy Russian shelling and air strikes. 

According to Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov, police, volunteers, and rescuers evacuated 7,991 people from the border communities of Kharkiv Oblast. 

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• At about 10:00 a.m., the Russian army hit the village of Mala Danylivka with airstrikes, according to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
• Although the situation worsened in the border communities because of Russian attacks, there is no need to evacuate the residents of Kharkiv, reported the mayor, Ihor Terekhov, on Ukrainian TV on May 15.