December 22, 2024
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The UN recorded more than 12,300 civilian deaths in Ukraine

Since February 2022, the United Nations has officially recorded the deaths of more than 12,300 people. people in Ukraine as a result of the Russian war, as well as over 27,800 wounded”, — write: www.ukrinform.ua

Since February 2022, the United Nations has officially recorded the deaths of more than 12,300 people. people in Ukraine as a result of the Russian war, as well as over 27,800 wounded

Such figures were given by UN Deputy Secretary General for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu at the meeting of the Security Council, Ukrinform’s own correspondent reports.

“For the period from February 24, 2022 to November 30, 2024, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights recorded more than 12,340 dead and 27,836 wounded civilians in Ukraine,” she said.

Nakamitsu noted that approximately 42% of losses in Ukraine during November were the result of Russia’s use of long-range weapons, which is significantly higher than in previous months.

Read also: Next year, 12.7 million Ukrainians will need humanitarian support – UN In addition, the Deputy Secretary General cited the data of the UN Monitoring Mission on Human Rights in Ukraine for this year. According to them, from January 1 to November 30, 341 civilians were killed and 1,803 people were injured by aerial bombs. This is, respectively, three times and six times more than last year.

As reported by Ukrinform, the humanitarian coordinator of the UN in Ukraine Matias Shmale said that only during October-November in Ukraine it was officially recorded that more than 2.1 thousand civilians were killed or injured, about 40 thousand people in the front-line zones were forced to leave their homes

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