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29
April
2022

War in Ukraine claims lives of at least 2,829 civilians, 3,180 more wounded – UN

KYIV. April 29 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Civilian casualties from February 24, when Russia launched the war against Ukraine, to 24:00 a.m. on April 27 were 6,009 civilians (the previous day’s report was 5,939), including 2,829 dead (2,787), the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said Thursday.

OHCHR believes that the actual numbers are significantly higher because information from some locations where intense fighting has taken place is delayed and many reports are still awaiting confirmation, the document notes regarding the UN data.

According to it, this applies, for example, to Mariupol (Donetsk region), Izium (Kharkiv region) and Popasna (Luhansk region), where there are reports of numerous civilian casualties. These are subject to further verification and are not included in the above statistics.

The majority of civilian deaths or injuries were caused by the use of explosive devices with a wide target area, including heavy artillery and multiple rocket launchers, as well as missile and air strikes, the report reads.

The UN confirmed that 932 men, 626 women, 75 boys and 62 girls were killed, while the gender of 68 children and 1,066 adults could not yet be determined.

Some 3,180 wounded include 73 boys and 66 girls, as well as 164 children whose gender has not yet been determined.

Compared to Friday’s report, three children were killed and one was wounded, according to the UN.

OHCHR indicates that as of midnight on April 28, there were 1,266 (1,229) deaths and 1,172 (1,159) injuries in government-controlled territory and 88 (85) deaths and 357 (353) injuries in territory controlled by self-proclaimed "republics" in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

In other regions of Ukraine under government control (in Kyiv, as well as Zhytomyr, Zaporizhia, Kyiv, Sumy, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy and Chernihiv regions), the UN recorded 1,475 (1,473) deaths and 1,651 (1640) were wounded.

The daily report traditionally states that the increase in numbers to the previous summary should not be attributed only to cases on April 26, as the Office verified some cases from previous days during this period.