UN: number of civilian casualties in July in Ukraine was the highest since October 2022
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In July 2024, 219 civilians died and 1018 were injured in Ukraine. The government-controlled areas suffered the most casualties, in particular as a result of a large-scale Russian attack on July 8.
July saw the highest civilian casualties in Ukraine since October 2022, with a large-scale Russian attack on July 8 that killed dozens of people in a single day making last month extremely deadly, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine reported on August 9, UNN writes.
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"At least 219 civilians were killed and 1,018 injured in Ukraine in July, making it the deadliest month for civilians since October 2022. The high number of casualties in July continues the upward trend in civilian casualties since March 2024," the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a report.
The report indicates that a large-scale coordinated attack by Russian forces across Ukraine on July 8 killed at least 43 civilians, including 5 children, and injured 147, including 7 children, in Kyiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih (Dnipro region) and Kyiv region. "One rocket during the July 8 attack also hit a hospital complex in Kyiv, completely destroying the toxicology department of the National Children's Hospital "Okhmatdyt" and significantly damaging the Center for Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery," the statement said.
It also states that in June and July, the most intense offensive military actions of the Russian armed forces moved from the north of Kharkiv region to Donetsk region. "As a result, confirmed civilian casualties in Donetsk region increased from 125 killed or wounded civilians in May to 224 in June and 269 in July 2024," the report said.
"The vast majority of civilian casualties (90 percent) and damage to educational and medical facilities (86 percent) continue to occur in government-controlled territory," the report said.
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