28 children dead, 840 injured since Russia declared war, says Ukraine
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Russia-Ukraine War News: According to the Ukrainian government, 28 children have died and 840 have been injured since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24.
The Ukrainian government claimed on Thursday that 28 children had died so far since Russia invaded the country on February 24.
On Friday, a Ukrainian official added that 840 children had been wounded in the war.
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Oleksiy Danilov, head of Ukraine's national security council, announced the tally on Ukrainian television. He appealed to Russia to make way for women and children to escape the fighting, as per a report by The Associated Press.
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“The question of humanitarian corridors is question number one,” Danilov said, according to The Associated Press.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 and has been launching strikes across the country ever since. The invasion has led to the deaths of several hundred civilians in Ukraine. More than a million Ukrainians have fled to neighbouring countries since the war began.
