Ukraine: “Civilian casualties are reaching record highs” - Briefing | United Nations

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Opening today’s Council meeting, the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations (DPPA and DPA) Director for Europe and Central Asia, Kayoko Gotoh told the Council that “millions of Ukrainian civilians remain under constant fire as the Russian Federation intensifies attacks on population centres and civilian infrastructure across Ukraine.” Gotoh said, “civilian casualties in Ukraine are reaching record highs,” noting that this September, “at least 328 civilians were killed and 2,105 injured, 85 percent higher than in September last year. She also expressed concern “over continuing reports of civilian casualties and damage to civilian infrastructure inside the Russian Federation, noting that “according to Russian authorities, during the month of September, at least 53 people were killed and 462 injured as a result of Ukrainian strikes in various parts of the Russian Federation.” Gotoh said, “after nearly five years of record levels of death, devastation, and civilian suffering, the war in Ukraine is only getting more dangerous and unpredictable.” She said, “the unrelenting attacks are not consistent with the ongoing diplomatic efforts,” and called for “practical steps for immediate de-escalation.”


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