Some 1,035 civilians killed in Ukraine since Russian invasion started – UN
The relevant statement was made by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
During this period, a total of 214 men, 160 women, 14 girls and 28 boys, as well as 48 children and 571 adults whose sex is yet unknown, were killed.
In addition, a total of 181 men, 140 women, 28 girls and 23 boys, as well as 67 children and 1,211 adults whose sex is yet unknown, were injured.
According to the UN, 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, 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. This concerns, for example, Mariupol and Volnovakha (Donetsk region), Izium (Kharkiv region), Sievierodonetsk and Rubizhne (Luhansk region), and Trostianets (Sumy region), where there are allegations of numerous civilian casualties. These figures are being further corroborated and are not included in the above statistics.
A reminder that, on February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin initiated a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, starting a war. Russian troops are shelling and destroying the key infrastructure facilities, launching missile strikes on Ukrainian cities and villages, killing civilians.
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