By KYIV. Dec 27 (Interfax-Ukraine) – From February 24, 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to December 26, 2022, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recorded 17,831 civilian casualties in the country: 6,884 killed and 10,947 injured.
"Most of the civilian casualties recorded were caused by the use of explosive weapons with wide area effects, including shelling from heavy artillery, multiple launch rocket systems, missiles and air strikes," the OHCHR said in the civilian casualty update as of December 26.
This concerns, for example, Mariupol (Donetsk region), Izium (Kharkiv region), Lysychansk, Popasna, and Severodonetsk (Luhansk region), where there are allegations of numerous civilian casualties.
According to the confirmed data of the UN, 2,719 men, 1,832 women, 175 girls, and 216 boys, as well as 38 children and 1,904 adults whose sex is yet unknown were killed.
Among 10,947 injured, there are 229 girls and 318 boys, as well as 253 children whose sex is yet unknown.
