MOSCOW, March 28. /TASS/. More than 700 children in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) have been injured due to shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine since 2014, adviser on children's rights to DPR head Eleonora Fedorenko said during a meeting of the parliamentary commission looking into criminal acts against minors committed by the Kiev regime.

"To date, 720 children have suffered injuries of varying severity as a result of Ukraine's military aggression," according to a video presentation shown during the meeting.

The ombudswoman clarified that over the past two days, the number of children affected by shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine has increased to 722. According to Fedorenko, one in twelve children in the region is recognized as disabled.