UN records 2,899 civilians killed in Ukraine since Russian invasion started
The relevant statement was made by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in a daily update on April 29, 2022, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
In particular, among the killed, there were 970 men, 646 women, 64 girls and 76 boys, as well as 70 children and 1,073 adults whose sex is yet unknown.
Among the injured, there were 380 men, 314 women, 67 girls and 76 boys, as well as 166 children and 2,232 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. This concerns, for example, Mariupol and Volnovakha (Donetsk Region), Izium (Kharkiv Region), Sievierodonetsk and Rubizhne (Luhansk Region), 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 and air strikes on Ukrainian cities and villages, torturing and murdering civilians.
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