TRIBUNNEWS.COM – The victims of the war in Ukraine are increasing.
Not only members of the military, civilians including children were also victims of the Russian attack.
Ukraine’s public prosecutor said 90 boys and girls have died since the invasion began three weeks ago.
First lady Olena Zelenska condemned the deaths of children in an open letter, highlighting some of the youngest victims of the war so far.
The wife of president Volodymyr Zelensky wrote:
“When the Russians say that they are ‘not fighting against civilians,’ I mention the names of these slain children first.”
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The Russian attack on the maternity hospital, which killed three people including a child, has been denounced as “cruel” by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and US vice president Kamala Harris.
Reported Independenthere are some stories of children killed in Vladimir Putin’s deadly invasion.
1. Alisa (7) died after seeing her grandfather die while trying to protect her
Seven-year-old Alisa Hlans was killed in a ‘cluster bomb attack’ that fell on her school in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine.