The United Nations has confirmed the deaths of 9,177 civilians in Ukraine as a result of Russia’s full-scale invasion. The UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said on July 7 that 535 children are among the dead. The office has also confirmed 15,993 injuries, including 1,095 children, it said in a news release. The deaths and injuries were recorded in 1,504 settlements in Ukraine between the start of the invasion in February 2022 and June 30, 2023. To read the original story by RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, click here.
UN Confirms 9,177 Civilian Deaths In Ukraine Since Start Of Russia's Invasion
A Ukrainian policeman bends over the bodies of civilians killed in a Russian missile strike on a railway station in Kramatorsk in April 2022.