The United Nations says the Russia's war in Ukraine has caused more than 21,000 civilian casualties since its start on February 24, 2022, with 8,006 people killed and 13,287 wounded. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said in a statement on February 21 that the most affected were the very young and the very old, cautioning that the UN figures are "only the tip of the iceberg." Turk said some 14 million people were displaced from their homes by the conflict.
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