UN says 1,793 civilians killed in Ukraine since Russian invasion started

That's according to a civilian casualty update published by OHCHR on April 10, Ukrinform reports.

Those killed include 458 men, 294 women, 27 girls, and 46 boys, as well as 69 children and 899 adults whose sex is yet unknown.

Those injured include 279 men, 213 women, 47 girls, and 46 boys, as well as 136 children and 1,718 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, the report said.

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), Popasna (Luhansk region), and Borodianka (Kyiv region), where there are allegations of numerous civilian casualties. These figures are being further corroborated and are not included in the above statistics.

OHCHR notes the report of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine, according to which as of 20:00 on April 10 (local time), 176 children had been killed and at least 336 injured.

On February 24, 2022, Russia launched an unprovoked war against Ukraine. The invaders have been shelling and bombing peaceful cities, towns and villages in Ukraine, torturing and killing civilians.

Russia's aggression against Ukraine has led to a united response from the European Union, which imposed tough sanctions on Russia, provided substantial political, economic, financial and military support to Ukraine, and hosted millions of Ukrainians fleeing the war.

According to the UN, the number of Ukrainian refugees has exceeded 4.5 million.