219-plus Ukrainian Children Killed by Russians in July

There are acceptable military targets during war and there is collateral damage caused by accidental death and destruction of civilians and non-combatant targets.

Sadly, russian cutthroats do not know the difference between the two. For them, apartment buildings, schools, churches, theaters, restaurants, hospitals, supermarkets and food lines are primary military targets in their demented minds.

According to the latest United Nations report, at least 219 Ukrainian civilians were killed and 1,018 injured in Ukraine in July due to russian attacks, which makes it the deadliest month for civilians since October 2022. The high number of casualties in July continues a trend of increasing civilian casualties since March 2024.

The UN noted the large-scale coordinated attack launched by the russian armed forces across Ukraine on July 8 that killed at least 43 civilians, including five children, and injured 147, including seven children, in Kyiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih (Dnipropetrovsk region) and Kyiv region. One missile the 8 July 8 attack also struck a hospital complex in Kyiv, completely destroying the toxicology department of the Okhmatdyt National Children’s Hospital and significantly damaging the Center for Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery.

In June and July, the most intensive offensive military operations by the russian armed forces shifted from northern Kharkiv region to the Donetsk region. As a result, verified civilian casualties in Donetsk region increased from 125 civilians killed or injured in May to 224 in June and 269 in July 2024. 

The UN said the vast majority of civilian casualties (90 per cent) and damage to educational and health facilities (86 per cent) continued to occur in Kyiv-controlled territory.