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More than 360 civilians have been killed in Ukraine since the Russian invasion began last month, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said in a statement Sunday.
So far, 1,123 civilians have been injured, including 364 killed and 759 injured, OHCHR said, acknowledging that the real figures could be “significantly higher”.
CNN was unable to independently verify the casualty numbers.
The data was collected from 4:00 a.m. Ukrainian time on February 24, when the armed assault of the Russian Federation against Ukraine began, to midnight local time on March 5, the statement said. .
The total number of deaths included 74 men, 42 women, 8 boys and 4 girls, as well as 13 children and 223 adults of unknown gender. The total number of injured included 67 men, 48 women, 11 girls and two boys, as well as 28 children and 603 adults, according to OHCHR.
According to the OHCHR, 503 of the casualties were in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and 374 in government-controlled territory.
The majority of civilian casualties were recorded as a result of the use of “explosive weapons with a wide impact area”, the statement said, which included shelling from heavy artillery and multi-role missile systems as well as missile and air raids.
OHCHR said it believes the “real figures are significantly higher”, particularly in government-controlled territory in recent days, where data on casualties has been delayed.
