The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has documented the deaths of 726 civilians since Russian troops invaded Ukraine on February 24. Among them were 42 children and young people, as the office announced on Wednesday in Geneva. The day before there were a total of 691 dead. The office also had verified information about 1,174 injured people. The day before it was 1143.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, always emphasizes that the actual numbers are certainly much higher. Employees often need days to check the number of victims. The High Commissioner only reports death and injury figures that it has independently verified itself.
“Most civilian casualties were caused by the use of long-range explosive weaponsincluding heavy artillery and rocket launcher fire, as well as rocket and air strikes,” Bachelet’s office said.