Russian Foreign Ministry: since the beginning of the year, 70 children have been killed as a result of attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine

GENEVA, Oct 1 – RIA Novosti. Since the beginning of the year, 70 children have been killed and 386 injured from attacks by the Ukrainian armed forces, said Rodion Miroshnik, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

“There has been a catastrophic increase in deliberate attacks by Ukrainian forces on children. Since the beginning of this year alone, 456 children have already been injured, of whom 70 have died,” Miroshnik said at a briefing following his participation in the 63rd session of the UN Human Rights Council.

The diplomat added that in January there were 19 minors among the injured civilians, and in August 101 children were already injured.