"The growing number of child fatalities in Ukraine is a deeply disturbing trend," says Secretary-General Åsa Regnér in a press release.
The figure for injured and killed children is the highest for a single month since June 2022, when 98 children were killed or injured.
The Russian robot attack on the city of Kryvyj Rih on April 4 is – in terms of the number of affected children in a single attack – the worst since Russia launched its full-scale invasion over three years ago. Then, 18 people were killed, including nine children, when a residential area and a playground were hit.
"Children are being killed in missile attacks while playing outside in the yard. Schools are being shelled. It is a violence that strikes blindly and must stop," says Åsa Regnér.
