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Date: 27 March 2023
From 24 February 2022, which marked the start of the large-scale armed attack by the Russian Federation, to 26 March 2023, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recorded 22,424 civilian casualties in the country: 8,401 killed and 14,023 injured. This included:
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18,012 casualties (6,520 killed and 11,492 injured) in territory controlled by the Government when casualties occurred: o In Donetsk and Luhansk regions: 9,254 casualties (3,869 killed and 5,385 injured); and o In other regions2 : 8,758 casualties (2,651 killed and 6,107 injured).
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4,412 casualties (1,881 killed and 2,531 injured) in territory occupied by the Russian Federation when casualties occurred: o In Donetsk and Luhansk regions: 2,926 casualties (639 killed and 2,287 injured); and o In other regions3 : 1,486 casualties (1,242 killed and 244 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 26 March 2023 (individual cases verified by OHCHR)
From 1 to 26 March 2023, OHCHR recorded 644 civilian casualties in Ukraine:
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159 killed (87 men, 49 women, 5 boys, 1 girl, as well as 17 adults whose sex is not yet known); and - 485 injured (220 men, 101 women, 20 boys, 1 girl, as well as 2 children and 141 adults whose sex is not yet known).
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138 killed and 414 injured in 125 settlements in territory controlled by the Government when casualties occurred (86 percent of the total); and
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21 killed and 71 injured in 19 settlements in territory occupied by the Russian Federation when casualties occurred (14 percent of the total).
Per type of weapon/incident: -
Explosive weapons with wide area effects: 137 killed and 417 injured (86 per cent);
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Mines and explosive remnants of war: 22 killed and 68 injured (14 per cent).