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Date: 13 March 2023
From 24 February 2022, which marked the start of the large-scale armed attack by the Russian Federation, to 12 March 2023, OHCHR recorded 21,965 civilian casualties in the country: 8,231 killed and 13,734 injured. This included:
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17,619 casualties (6,372 killed and 11,247 injured) in territory controlled by the Government when casualties occurred: o In Donetsk and Luhansk regions: 9,051 casualties (3,762 killed and 5,289 injured); and o In other regions2 : 8,568 casualties (2,610 killed and 5,958 injured).
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4,346 casualties (1,859 killed and 2,487 injured) in territory occupied by the Russian Federation when casualties occurred: o In Donetsk and Luhansk regions: 2,879 casualties (632 killed and 2,247 injured); and o In other regions3 : 1,467 casualties (1,227 killed and 240 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.
Civilian casualties from 1 to 12 March 2023 (individual cases verified by OHCHR)
From 1 to 12 March 2023, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recorded 293 civilian casualties in Ukraine:
- 84 killed (48 men, 23 women, 4 boys, 1 girl, as well as 8 adults whose sex is not yet known); and - 209 injured (81 men, 41 women, 15 boys, 1 girl, as well as 71 adults whose sex is not yet known).
This included:
- 71 killed and 172 injured in 70 settlements in territory controlled by the Government when casualties occurred (83 percent of the total); and
- 13 killed and 37 injured in 12 settlements in territory occupied by the Russian Federation when casualties occurred (17 percent of the total).
Per type of weapon/incident:
- Explosive weapons with wide area effects: 72 killed and 182 injured (87 per cent);
- Mines and explosive remnants of war: 12 killed and 27 injured (13 per cent).