Ukraine invasion: Primary school girl among hundreds of civilian lives lost

Polina was in her final year of primary school.
Polina was in her final year of primary school. Photo credit: Facebook/Volodymyr Bondarenko

Several children have become victims of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as the death toll continues to rise.

The Ministry of Health of Ukraine said on Sunday that at least 352 civilians, including 14 children, have been killed since the Russian invasion began. The Ministry also said that 1684 people, including 116 children, had been wounded.

Among this number was a schoolgirl called Polina.

Polina was in her final year of primary school in the capital of Ukraine Kyiv, but now she will never attend middle school.

According to a Facebook post by Ukrainian Politician Volodymyr Bondarenko, Polina and her parents were shot dead in the street by a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group.

The family, including Polina's sister and brother, were in their car when they came under fire.

Her brother and sister are now in intensive care at a hospital, Bondarenko said.

A family of five were also killed in their car after they were reportedly shot at while trying to escape Russian advances in the city of Kherson.

Sofia who was six and Ivan who was a few weeks old died alongside their mother and two grandparents.

A wounded 6-year-old girl arrived at a hospital in Mariupol after she was injured by shelling in a residential area.

The child could not be saved.

The latest United Nations figures show at least six educational facilities in Ukraine have faced shelling in recent days, including a kindergarten and orphanage.

Prosecutor General of Ukraine Irina Venediktova posted on Facebook that a seven-year-old girl had died in the attack on a kindergarten.

The girl was one of six people killed after she was fatally wounded in the attack and passed away in hospital.

Another injured child from the attack is fighting for their life in intensive care.

The United Nations said it believes the real figures of the death toll in Ukraine will be "considerably higher" than what is currently reported because many casualties remain unconfirmed.