Ukraine Reports 562 Children Killed, Nearly 20,000 Deported by Russian Forces

Ukrainian ombudsman data from July 2024 documents the toll on children in the Russia-Ukraine conflict: 562 killed, 1,471 wounded, 1,966 missing, and 19,546 deported or forcibly transferred. Russia deliberately struck Okhmatdyt, Ukraine's largest children's hospital, during heart surgeries. Individual cases show systematic transfer—Ukrainian children taken from occupied Donetsk placed in Russian boarding schools and given to Russian families. These figures illustrate warfare targeting civilian infrastructure and populations.