More than 9,900 Ukrainian civilians have been killed since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to figures announced at a UN Security Council briefing on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine.
“According to the latest estimates, more than 9,900 civilians have been killed since the beginning of the invasion. To put this in perspective, this is equivalent to nearly 16 civilians being killed every day,” said Ramesh Rajasingham, Director of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), at the beginning of the meeting.
He emphasized that the figures he cited were outdated and did not reflect the current situation in Ukraine. According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the actual civilian casualties are considered to be higher than the reported figures.
The Director of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, who spoke first, also noted that about 80 million people in Ukraine are currently in need of some form of humanitarian assistance. Rajasingham noted that this is more than 40% of the total population of Ukraine.
In particular, according to his data, 10 million Ukrainians have been forced to leave their homes and have refugee status in other countries or internally displaced persons within Ukraine.
