Over 800 Civilians, Including 64 Children, Have Been Killed Since Russian Invasion...

Over 800 Civilians, Including 64 Children, Have Been Killed Since Russian Invasion – UN

By Agency Reports on March 19, 2022
Ukraine
LVIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 15: Close relatives of Rostyslav Romanchuk, including his young daughter, stand by his coffin during the funeral service for Oleh Yaschyshyn, Sergiy Melnyk, Rostyslav Romanchuk and Kyrylo Vyshyvany, on March 15, 2022 in Lviv, Ukraine. | Alexey Furman/Getty Images

At least 816 people have been killed and 1,333 have been injured since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, the United Nations Human Rights Office said Friday, March 18, 2022.

Most of the casualties were due to “the use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area, including shelling from heavy artillery and multiple-launch rocket systems and missile air strikes,” the OHCR said in a report.

Those killed include 152 men, 116 women, seven girls, and 16 boys, as well as 36 children, and 489 adults whose sex is yet unknown, the UN agency said.

The OHCR said, it “believes that the actual figures are considerably higher, especially in Government-controlled territory and especially in recent days, 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.”

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