Civilian casualties from February 24, when Russia started the war against Ukraine, to 24:00 June 9 amounted to 9,585 civilians (a day earlier – 9,519), including 4,339 dead (4,302), reports the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday.
“OHCHR believes that the actual figures are much higher as information is delayed from some areas of heavy fighting and many reports are still awaiting confirmation,” the UN data document notes.
According to him, this applies, for example, to Mariupol (Donetsk region), Izyum (Kharkiv region) and Popasna (Luhansk region), where there are reports of numerous civilian casualties. They are subject to further verification and are not included in the above statistics.
“The majority of civilian deaths or injuries were caused by the use of explosive devices with a wide area of effect, including shelling from heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket systems, as well as rocket and air strikes,” the report says.
According to confirmed UN data, 1,646 men, 1,098 women, 105 boys and 102 girls died, while the sex of 67 children and 1,321 adults has not yet been determined.
Among the 5,246 injured were 151 boys and 120 girls, as well as 172 children whose gender has not yet been determined.
Compared to the report the day before, two children were killed and four more were injured.
OHCHR indicates that in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as of midnight on June 10, there were 2,370 (2,339) dead and 2,328 (2,326) injured in government-controlled territory, and 157 (154) dead and 662 (653) injured in territory controlled by self-proclaimed “republics”.
In other regions of Ukraine under government control (in Kyiv, as well as in Zhytomyr, Zaporozhye, Kyiv, Sumy, Odessa, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, Dnepropetrovsk, Cherkasy and Chernihiv regions), the UN recorded 1812 (1809) dead and 2256 (2238) wounded .
The summary has traditionally stated that the increase in figures from the previous summary should not be attributed only to the cases on June 9, since during this period the Office verified a number of cases from previous days.
Civilian casualties from February 24, when Russia started the war against Ukraine, to 24:00 on May 11 amounted to 7,326 civilians (a day earlier – 7,256), including 3,541 dead (3,496), reports the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Thursday.
“OHCHR believes that the actual figures are much higher as information is delayed from some areas of heavy fighting and many reports are still awaiting confirmation,” the UN data document notes.
According to him, this applies, for example, to Mariupol (Donetsk region), Izyum (Kharkiv region) and Popasna (Luhansk region), where there are reports of numerous civilian casualties. They are subject to further verification and are not included in the above statistics.
“The majority of civilian deaths or injuries were caused by the use of explosive devices with a wide area of effect, including shelling from heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket systems, as well as rocket and air strikes,” the report says.
According to confirmed UN data, 1,300 men, 844 women, 93 boys and 77 girls died, while the sex of 69 children and 1,158 adults has not yet been determined.
Among the 3,785 injured were 98 boys and 90 girls, as well as 167 children whose gender has not yet been determined.
Compared to the report the day before, one child died and seven more were injured.
OHCHR indicates that in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as of midnight on May 12, there were 1,781 (1,750) dead and 1,473 (1,466) injured in government-controlled territory, and 116 (115) dead and 476 (462) injured in territory controlled by self-proclaimed “republics”.
In other regions of Ukraine under government control (in Kyiv, as well as in Zhytomyr, Zaporozhye, Kyiv, Sumy, Odessa, Nikolaev, Kharkiv, Kherson, Dnepropetrovsk, Cherkasy and Chernihiv regions), the UN recorded 1644 (1631) dead and 1836 (1832) wounded .
The daily summary has traditionally stated that the increase in numbers from the previous summary should not be attributed only to the May 11 cases, since during this period the Office verified a number of cases from previous days.
About 300 thousand square meters. m of the territory of Ukraine needs humanitarian demining due to the large amount of ammunition left by the occupiers, sowing work on a large area of Ukrainian fields cannot begin due to the threat of explosive objects there, the State Emergency Service reports.
“To date, we have conducted an indicative analysis of the territories where it is necessary to carry out a set of measures for humanitarian demining … According to our preliminary estimates, this is about 300 thousand square kilometers, almost half of the territory of our country,” the head of the Office of the organization of pyrotechnic works and humanitarian demining of the State Emergency Service Oleg Bondar.
He noted that there are pyrotechnic divisions in every region of Ukraine, in total, about 550 pyrotechnicians work in the State Emergency Service.
“An average of 2,000 to 6,000 explosive items are seized and rendered harmless every day,” a spokesman for the State Emergency Service said.
According to Bondar, at present the main demining efforts are concentrated in the Irpen-Buchansky, Chernihiv-Brovary, Nezhensky and Trostyanets directions.
The representative of the State Emergency Service emphasized that, despite the ongoing shelling, pyrotechnicians work daily in the Kharkiv and Nikolaev regions.
Answering a question about how soon residents of the Kiev region can return home after clearing the territories, the head of the department said: “We worked out Irpen. But there are households where there were no owners. We, as a rescue service, have no right to enter private territory. Therefore, we we leave a notice: if a person returns home, then they call us and inspect, after which we give permission to be in the house.
At the same time, Bondar added: “But the main decision on the possibility of returning people is the function of local authorities.”
The representative of the State Emergency Service also noted that Ukrainian explosives technicians are highly qualified and work with modern Iskander-type ammunition, ammunition used in aviation – Surface-to-air and Air-to-air missiles.
“There is the use of multiple launch rocket systems with cluster elements … from the Iskander system, when, when triggered, they are scattered over large areas and the elements are in combat readiness. Our specialists destroy such ammunition directly at the place of their detection, that is, these are the ammunition that cannot be moved, transported, neutralized in any way other than a physical explosion,” the representative of the State Emergency Service said.
Bondar stressed that the Russian invaders use anti-personnel and anti-tank mines, in the Kharkov region the enemy used remote mining systems.
According to the head of the State Emergency Service, rescuers inform law enforcement agencies about all the facts of the location of prohibited ammunition.
He also stressed that due to large-scale mining by the enemy, a very large area of fields in Ukraine cannot yet be used for agricultural activities.
“But we will do our best to provide our farmers with the opportunity to carry out sowing work as soon as possible,” he assured.
“Of course, when there is information that a survey has not been carried out in a settlement for the presence of explosive objects, it is very dangerous to be in this settlement. Together with the local authorities, we are taking all measures to limit the access of the civilian population to settlements until examination was carried out,” Bondar summed up.
The task of the European Union is to protect children who are fleeing the war that Russia unleashed against Ukraine and to keep them from becoming the object of human trafficking.
As Vice-President of the European Commission for Democracy and Demography Dubravka Szuica said on Tuesday in Strasbourg, speaking at the plenary session of the European Parliament, about 2.5 million children in Ukraine were forced to leave their homes, about 2 million children crossed the border with the EU, many of them arrived without parents. “Our priority is to urgently respond to their needs … Legal guardians must be appointed as soon as possible, potential foster families confirmed, so that children do not end up in homes where violence is used,” she said.
Schuitz called education a key task. “Member States help children go to school to return to normal life, the integration system, together with social, psychological assistance, cultural and sports activities, will help overcome trauma, cultural and language barriers,” the Vice President of the European Commission detailed.
Ylva Johansson, European Commissioner for Home Affairs, also said that many of these children face a new danger – the danger of human trafficking. “Lithuanian authorities are investigating the possible trafficking of 43 children for adoption. There are no confirmed cases yet, but we know from bitter experience that the danger is real. Children are at the very top of our agenda. Our goal is to protect children from the war zone by providing them with safe homes,” the Commissioner said.
According to her, working on the prevention of human trafficking, starting with crossing the EU border, where 282 Frontex employees help identify people who are at risk of trafficking, and Europol collects data, coordinates police cooperation, monitors the online activities of potential traffickers. “Europol has set up a dedicated anti-trafficking unit, working with the police in Ukraine and the EU countries bordering Ukraine. Many Member States have been warned of the danger. Our priority right now is registration, registration, registration. We need to know where these children are – all 2 million. Not a single child can be lost,” Johansson stressed.
“Our main challenge is still before us – how long this war will continue, there will always be a risk for children. Imagine that you are a Ukrainian mother with three children and have to make a very difficult decision – stay here with the children in danger or send them with your friend who will soon go with his two children on a potentially also dangerous journey to the EU and know that there is a risk that this may be the last time you see your children. Many parents have been forced to make this difficult decision. And they want us to keep their children safe. They are counting on us. Let’s show that they can rely on us,” she concluded her speech.
During the war in Ukraine, 18 journalists were killed, 3 went missing, 8 were kidnapped, 13 media representatives were injured, the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy reports.
“The work of journalists during the war is a front line. Media representatives are often not only physically at the front and cover the course of military events, but are also warriors of the information front. Today they are debunking the Kremlin’s endless absurd lies. We deeply appreciate everyone’s contribution to our common struggle on the information front against a bloodthirsty enemy,” the ministry said in a statement.
It is noted that according to the General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine, Russia committed 74 crimes against media representatives, including 19 against citizens of other states: Great Britain – 5, the Czech Republic – 2, the United States -2, Denmark – 2, the UAE – 2, Russia – 2, Ireland – 1, Switzerland – 1, France – 1, Lithuania – 1.
In particular, among journalists 18 people were killed (15 men and 3 women), 8 people (4 men and 4 women) were kidnapped, 13 people were injured, 3 people disappeared without a trace, 15 journalists were intimidated.
In addition, at least 7 facts of shelling, which led to damage or destruction of TV towers, TV and radio stations, as well as 22 blockages and cyberattacks on the media, were recorded.
Thus, 31 journalists were injured in Kyiv region, 15 in Zaporizhia, 7 in Kyiv, 5 in Kherson, 5 in Donetsk, 2 in Crimea, 2 in Sumy, 2 in Odesa, and 1 in Chernihiv, in Mykolaiv – 1, in Luhansk – 1, in Kirovohrad – 1, in central Ukraine – 1.
“Ukraine cooperates with a number of international human rights organizations and daily informs them about the crimes of the Russian occupation forces against journalists who, in superhuman conditions, cover events on the front line,” the report says.
The Ministry of Culture emphasizes that every death and every crime against representatives of the media will be investigated without fail, and those responsible will be prosecuted.
Among other things, the ministry expressed deep condolences to the families and loved ones of all the wounded, captured, missing and killed journalists.
Civilian casualties from February 24, when Russia started the war against Ukraine, to March 31, 2022 amounted to 3,257 civilians (3,167 in the report a day earlier), including 1,276 dead (1,232), reports the Office of the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights on Friday.
“OHCHR believes that the actual figures are much higher as information is delayed from some areas of intense fighting and many reports are still awaiting confirmation,” the document says.
According to him, this applies, for example, to Mariupol and Volnovakha (Donetsk region), Izyum (Kharkiv region), Popasna (Luhansk region), Irpin (Kyiv region), where there are reports of numerous civilian casualties. They are subject to further verification and are not included in the above statistics.
“The majority of civilian deaths or injuries were caused by the use of explosive devices with a wide area of effect, including shelling from heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket systems, as well as rocket and air strikes,” the report says.
According to confirmed UN data, 260 men, 184 women, 36 boys and 18 girls died, while the sex of 61 children and 717 adults has not yet been determined.
Among the 1981 wounded were 38 girls and 34 boys, as well as 88 children whose sex has not yet been determined.
Compared to the previous day, according to the UN, three children were killed and eleven more were injured.
OHCHR indicates that in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as of midnight on April 1, there were 358 (338) dead and 772 (743) injured in government-controlled territory, and 67 (66) dead and 246 (245) injured in territory controlled by self-proclaimed “republics”.
In other regions of Ukraine under government control (in Kyiv, as well as in Zhytomyr, Zaporizhia, Kiev, Sumy, Odessa, Nikolaev, Kharkiv, Kherson, Dnepropetrovsk, Cherkasy and Chernihiv regions), the UN recorded 851 (826) dead and 963 (947) injured .
The summary also states that, according to the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, as of 08:00 on April 1, 153 (148) children were killed and 245 (232) were injured.
The increase in indicators in this report compared to the figures in the previous report should not be attributed only to new cases that occurred on March 31, since OHCHR also verified a number of cases that occurred in previous days during the day, the document specifies.
