UN says 364 civilians killed in Ukraine since war started

By Merve Berker

ANKARA (AA) - At least 364 civilians have been killed and 759 others injured in Ukraine since the start of the Russian war, the UN’s human rights body said on Sunday.

There were at least 42 women and 25 children among those killed and 48 women and 42 children were injured in Russian attacks, according to a statement by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

It also said “the real figures are considerably higher”.

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

Russia's war on Ukraine, which began Feb. 24, has been met with international outrage, with the EU, 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.

In the second round of peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv on Thursday, the two sides agreed on creating humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians and food and medicine deliveries.

The evacuations, however, were halted two times over the weekend.