>> The ruins of a residential building in Dnipro, eastern Ukraine, after a Russian missile attack on January 14, 2023.
Geneva – More than 8,000 civilians have been killed in the war in Ukraine provoked by Russia, according to the United Nations. Around 90 percent of them were killed by explosive weapons. This was written by Reuters today with reference to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
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The new number – exactly 8,006 civilian casualties – published just a few days before the first anniversary of the start of the invasion, which falls on February 24 , represents a noticeable increase compared to the most recent statistics from February 13, which era counted 7,199 civilians killed.
The UN, which includes only verified deaths in its statistics, repeatedly warns that the actual number of civilians killed will probably be “significantly higher”.
