The UN announced the new number of victims of the Russian aggression in Ukraine in two years

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has confirmed that more than 10,200 people have died since February 2022, including 575 children. The number of wounded exceeded 19,300 people.

These are the data from February 24, 2022 to January 10, 2024, published on Thursday, January 11. The office noted the latest attacks by Russian troops on the cities of Ukraine.

The organization emphasized that, since December 29, the countries of the world witnessed another intensification of the conflict, when air attacks across Ukraine caused even more deaths and injuries among the civilian population, as well as caused significant damage and destruction to homes, schools, hospitals, energy and other critical civil infrastructure projects.

Almost no region of the country was spared the shelling.

The attacks are causing particularly heavy damage to civilians near the front line, in the Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, where the needs are already acute. But communities in western Ukraine and Kyiv, far from the front line, also suffered.

In particular, in Kharkiv shelling killed more than a dozen civilians and damaged an oncology center, three hospitals, a school and numerous houses. Damage to gas and heat supply facilities led to power outages and heating interruptions in some parts of the city.

Since December 29, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has recorded the death of 125 civilians and the wounding of more than 550 throughout Ukraine. Thus, the confirmed number of civilians killed since February 2022 has exceeded 10,200, including 575 children, and more than 19,300 wounded. The exact number of civilian deaths from Russian shelling and other war crimes is unknown. The UN does not have access to the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

OSNA emphasized that international humanitarian law must be strictly observed. It expressly prohibits attacks on civilians and civilian objects, as well as indiscriminate attacks. This includes humanitarian personnel and assets. Since the war in Ukraine is not abating, causing a high level of humanitarian needs, financial support must be constant.

This year’s Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan for Ukraine, which will be presented in Geneva next week, provides $3.1 billion to help 8.5 million people.

“In 2024, we call on all donors to step up again and help the people of Ukraine,” OSNA said.

It is worth noting that the real casualties of Ukraine in the war may be much higher, given the fact that there is currently no official information on the settlements that are under the occupation of the Russian Federation.