More than a hundred children have died since the fighting began in South-Eastern Ukraine, not counting the victims of the disaster Malaysian Boeing, several thousand children are in need of immediate assistance, told reporters, children's Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov at a press briefing on the first day of the week.

" by conservative estimates, has killed more than a hundred children, just confirmed the death of 35 children LNR AND presumably many DND, that's not counting the children, 85 people lost their lives in the Malaysian Boeing, 85 children were. And I must say that today, for example, in LNR 5189 children with disabilities who need help. There are 70 children who urgently need surgery, they need to take, " said Astakhov.

Kyiv authorities began in April in the East of Ukraine military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat residents. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict were 4, 3 thousands of civilians, almost 10 thousand were injured.

Passenger plane Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, crashed on July 17, in the Donetsk region. In the interior of the liner was 298 people, of which 85 children And fifteen crew members. They all lost their lives. The Kyiv authorities have charged in the crash militias, but the latter told us that does not have the means that would shoot down aircraft at this altitude.

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