Eight months of 2026 brought more Ukrainian civilian casualties than all of last year, UN says
A senior UN official told the Security Council the toll is worsening as strikes reach cities far from the front, with a dark winter ahead.
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Shortage of Patriot missiles from allies and intensified Russia’s attacks made July deadliest month for Ukrainian civilians since April 2022
July killed more Ukrainian civilians than any month since April 2022, the UN says.
UN reports 574 Ukrainian civilians killed in fall 2024 by Russian attacks
OHCHR’s report also cites Russian attacks damaging infrastructure, grave humanitarian law violations, torture, and 62 executions.
UN: 26.5% surge in Ukraine civilian casualties in December due to intensified Russian air attacks
UN report links the increase in civilian casualties to escalated missile attacks by Russian armed forces, with 592 Ukrainian civilians killed and injured in December.
Russia’s war in Ukraine has killed 8,574 civilians, UN says
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has recorded 8 574 civilian deaths in…