At least 227 civilians killed, 525 injured in Ukraine: UN

By Bayram Altug

GENEVA (AA) – At least 227 civilians have been killed and 525 injured since the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine, the UN’s human rights body said Wednesday.

“In total, from 4am on 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s military action against Ukraine started, until 12 midnight on 1 March 2022, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recorded 752 civilian casualties in Ukraine: 227 killed (31 men, 25 women, 6 boys, and 3 girls, as well as 6 children and 156 adults whose sex is yet unknown) and 525 injured (42 men, 33 women, 7 girls, and 2 boys, as well as 19 children and 422 adults whose sex is yet unknown),” the OHCHR said in a statement.

The OHCHR believes the “the real figures are considerably higher,” the statement said.

“Most of these casualties were caused by the use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area, including shelling from heavy artillery and multi-launch rocket systems, and air strikes,” it added.

Russia's war on Ukraine, which began Feb. 24, has been met with international outrage, with the European Union, US and UK, among others, implementing tough financial sanctions on Moscow.

Many countries are also supplying Ukraine with weapons and have shut their airspace to Russian airlines and banned Russian state-run media.​​​​​​​

Russia and Ukraine are set for a second round of peace talks Thursday. The first round was held Monday.