# Civilian deaths and injuries in Ukraine in the first five months of this year were nearly 50-percent higher than the same period last year. This is according to a report by a monitoring mission set up by the Office of the United Nations high commissioner for Human Rights. April recorded the highest casualties of one-thousand-389. Long-range missile and drone attacks by Russia caused the largest proportion of civilian casualties. The UN’s Danielle Bell says at this pace, further loss of civilian life is not just possible, but inevitable.
UN report shows the trend of high civilian casualties in Ukraine is continuing