UN discloses civilian casualties in Ukraine

From 4 a.m. on 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to 24:00 midnight on 12 June 2022 (local time), the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recorded 9,785 civilian casualties in the country: 4,395 killed and 5,390 injured.

This included: 

- a total of 4,395 were killed (1,666 men, 1,120 women, 102 girls, and 105 boys, as well as 68 children and 1,334 adults whose sex is yet unknown)

- a total of 5,390 injured (1,094 men, 759 women, 123 girls, and 156 boys, as well as 172 children and 3,086 adults whose sex is yet unknown)

Most of the civilian casualties recorded were caused by the use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area, including shelling from heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket systems and missile and air strikes.

OHCHR believes that the actual figures are considerably higher, as the receipt of information from some locations where intense hostilities have been going on has been delayed, and many reports are still pending corroboration. 






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