The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said that nearly 7,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed in Ukraine’s war with neighboring Russia.
In a news release on Tuesday, the OHCHR said its has recorded 17,831 civilian casualties in the country, including 6,884 killed and 10,947 injured.
Of the 6,884 civilians killed, 2,719 have been tallied as men, 1,832 as women and 391 as children, along with 1,942 whose sex is unknown.
The agency also said that the Donetsk and Luhansk regions saw the most casualties, as officials reported 9,695 casualties (4,052 killed and 5,643 injured) in those two regions.
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Speaking at a conference last month, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said that 40,000 civilians have been killed in the war, which began in February, and that more than 100,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in the conflict as well.
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Nearly 7,000 civilians have now been killed in Ukraine war: UN https://t.co/z6pKCuZMaH pic.twitter.com/MLGAeSWQwI
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