The UN counted the number of Ukrainians killed in the war

Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, more than 9,900 Ukrainian civilians have died, according to the figures announced at the UN Security Council briefing on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine.

“According to the latest estimates, more than 9,900 civilians have been killed since the invasion began. In perspective, this is equivalent to almost 16 civilians who die every day,” Ramesh Rajasingham, director of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said at the beginning of the meeting.

He emphasized that the figures given by him are outdated and do not reflect the current picture of the dead in Ukraine. According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, actual civilian casualties are considered to be higher than reported.

The director of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, who spoke first, also noted that today about 80 million people in Ukraine need one or another form of humanitarian aid. Rajasingam noted that this is more than 40% of the entire population of Ukraine.

In particular, according to his data, 10 million Ukrainians were forced to leave their homes and have the status of refugees in other countries, or internally displaced persons within Ukraine.