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At least 38 children have died in Ukraine and more than 70 have been injured as a result of the action Russian military, the Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov.
In general, he said that so far have registered at least 400 civilian deaths and 800 wounded in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The Defense minister said Russian strikes have destroyed more than 200 schools in Ukraine, 34 hospitals and 1, 500 residential buildings.
Said that Ukrainian forces had killed more than 11, Russian soldiers.
Reznikov added in a video address that the figures, which have not been independently verified, were “definitely incomplete”.
The Russian side did not reply immediately to the Ukraine figures and only acknowledged several hundred deaths among Russian forces.
NATO accuses attacks on civilians
The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg accused Russia on Tuesday of deliberately targeting civilians
who are trying to flee their war against Ukraine.
“There are very commendable reports of civilians being attacked while trying to evacuate,” he said Stoltenberg, echoing alarming news also shared by the Ukrainian government on Tuesday.
“Targeting civilians is a war crime and is totally unacceptable,” he said.
“We need real humanitarian corridors that they be fully respected,” he said of the Kremlin’s promise of a ceasefire to allow civilians to flee.
The World Organization for Health said on Tuesday that attacks on Ukrainian hospitals, ambulances and health care facilities have increased “rapidly” in recent days.
The agency also warned that the country is now running out of vital medical supplies, including oxygen, insulin, personal protective equipment, surgical supplies and blood products.
At least nine people have been killed in 16 attacks on health care facilities since the beginning of a Russian invasion on 34 February, according to the WHO.
The WHO’s principal emergency officer for Europe, Catherine Smallwood, revealed that the count included incident it is where ambulances were requisitioned for purposes other than medical care.
“We will continue to update those numbers. They have increased quite rapidly in the last few days,” Smallwood said at a news conference.
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