Steep rise in civilian casualties in Russia-Ukraine war, UN says
- Increasing use of long-range missiles and drones against targets far from the front line is worsening the civilian toll.
- Civilian casualties in the war between Russia and Ukraine are increasing sharply, mainly because of long-range ballistic missiles and drones “affecting densely populated urban areas that are far away from the front line”, the United Nations says.
- Danielle Bell, head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday that the unit documented 1,396 civilians killed and 7,978 wounded in Ukraine in the first six months of 2026.
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- Increasing use of long-range missiles and drones against targets far from the front line is worsening the civilian toll.
- Civilian casualties in the war between Russia and Ukraine are increasing sharply, mainly because of long-range ballistic missiles and drones “affecting densely populated urban areas that are far away from the front line”, the United Nations says.
- Danielle Bell, head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday that the unit documented 1,396 civilians killed and 7,978 wounded in Ukraine in the first six months of 2026.
Sources: Al Jazeera