More than 10,000 civilians have been killed in Ukraine since Russia invaded in February 2022, with about half of latest deaths occurring far behind the entrance traces, the UN Human Rights Office mentioned on Tuesday.
The UN human rights mission in Ukraine, which has dozens of screens within the nation, mentioned it expects the true toll to be “considerably larger” than the official tally since corroboration work is ongoing.
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This contains occasions within the first months after the invasion, such because the battle for management of Mariupol, the place residents reported excessive civilian casualties.
“Ten thousand civilian deaths is a grim milestone for Ukraine,” mentioned Danielle Bell, who heads the monitoring mission.
“The Russian Federation’s struggle in opposition to Ukraine, now getting into into its twenty first month, dangers evolving right into a protracted battle, with the extreme human value being painful to fathom,” she mentioned.
The overwhelming majority of the deaths have been attributable to explosive weapons with a wide-area impression akin to shells, missiles and cluster munitions, the United Nations mentioned.
Close to half of the deaths within the final three months have occurred far past the entrance traces, the U.N. mentioned, attributing this to Russian forces’ use of long-range missiles and the late explosion of deserted ordinances.
Moscow denies intentionally concentrating on civilians.
