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Date: 11 September 2023
Civilian casualties from 1 to 10 September 2023
From 1 to 10 September 2023, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recorded 292 civilian casualties in Ukraine:
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55 killed (29 men, 21 women, 1 girl, as well as 4 adults whose sex is not yet known), and
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237 injured (101 men, 77 women, 7 boys, 2 girls, as well as 50 adults whose sex is not yet known).
This included:
• 47 killed and 185 injured in 62 settlements in territory controlled by the Government when casualties occurred (79 percent of the total), and
• 8 killed and 52 injured in 9 settlements in territory occupied by the Russian Federation when casualties occurred (21 percent of the total).
Per type of weapon/incident:
- Explosive weapons with wide area effects: 54 killed and 221 injured (94 per cent):
• 216 casualties (46 killed and 170 injured) in territory controlled by the Government when casualties occurred, and
• 59 casualties (8 killed and 51 injured) in territory occupied by the Russian Federation when casualties occurred.
- Mines and explosive remnants of war: 1 killed and 16 injured (6 per cent):
• 16 casualties (1 killed and 15 injured) in territory controlled by the Government when casualties occurred, and
• 1 injured territory occupied by the Russian Federation when casualties occurred.
Total civilian casualties
From 24 February 2022, which marked the start of the large-scale armed attack by the Russian Federation, to 10 September 2023, OHCHR recorded 27,149 civilian casualties in the country: 9,614 killed and 17,535 injured. This included:
- 21,941 casualties (7,481 killed and 14,460 injured) in territory controlled by the Government when casualties occurred:
o In Donetsk and Luhansk regions: 10,545 casualties (4,262 killed and 6,283 injured); and
o In other regions: 11,396 casualties (3,219 killed and 8,177 injured).
- 5,208 casualties (2,133 killed and 3,075 injured) in territory occupied by the Russian Federation when casualties occurred:
o In Donetsk and Luhansk regions: 3,581 casualties (794 killed and 2,787 injured); and
o In other regions3: 1,627 casualties (1,339 killed and 288 injured)
OHCHR believes that the actual figures are considerably higher, as the receipt of information from some locations where intense hostilities have been going on has been delayed and many reports are still pending corroboration. This concerns, for example, Mariupol (Donetsk region), Lysychansk, Popasna, and Sievierodonetsk (Luhansk region), where there are allegations of numerous civilian casualties.
Ukrainian and Russian language versions of this update as they become available, please visit this page.
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Liz Throssell + 41 22 917 9296 / elizabeth.throssell@un.org or
Ravina Shamdasani + 41 22 917 9169 / ravina.shamdasani@un.org