UN Says 847 Civilians Killed,1399 Wounded in Ukraine

At least 847 Ukrainian civilians have been killed and 1399 others have been injured since the start of the Russian invasion, according to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). 

In a statement, the UN office stated that most of the recorded civilian casualties resulted from the use of explosive weapons with a wide-area effect, including heavy artillery, multiple-launch missile systems, missiles, and air strikes.

The Ukrainian prosecutor general’s office said on Saturday that 112 children have been killed so far in the war in Ukraine.

It also said on Telegram that 140 children had been wounded.

“The highest number of victims are in  Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kherson, Mykolayiv, and Zhytomyr regions,” it said in a statement.

On the other hand, Russia denied targeting civilians in what it calls a “special operation” to demilitarise and “deNazify” Ukraine.

Yesterday, two children were killed and two more were wounded in Russia’s shelling on civil infrastructure facilities in the Mykolaiv Region.

Due to bombardments and shelling, 379 educational institutions were damaged, and 59 of them were destroyed completely. Most destructions were reported in the Donetsk Region (119 educational institutions), Mykolaiv Region (30), Sumy Region (28), Kyiv Region (35), Kherson Region (21), and the city of Kyiv (24).

The final data has yet to be reported, as it is impossible to inspect certain areas, where active hostilities are underway.