At Least 437 Ukrainian Civilians Killed in July Amid Russian Attacks

The Largest Casualty Toll Since May 2022
Civilian Passenger Train Attacked Again in Ukraine

On the 12th, a fire broke out at a food warehouse in the Kyiv region of Ukraine due to a drone attack by Russia, prompting the dispatch of firefighting helicopters. Photo by Reuters Yonhap News

Recently, as Russia has launched attacks on urban centers in Ukraine, the number of civilian casualties in Ukraine has surged.

According to foreign media reports such as AFP on August 13 (local time), the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Monitoring Mission announced in a statement that at least 437 civilians were killed and 2,610 were injured in Ukraine in July. This represents an increase of 30% compared to the previous month and 70% compared to the same month last year.

The number of deaths is the highest recorded since May 2022. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, a total of 16,874 Ukrainian civilians have been reported killed.

As Ukraine has focused its attacks on Russian energy facilities, Russia has retaliated by striking rear urban centers in Ukraine, including the capital, Kyiv. Recently, Russia has launched barrages of ballistic missiles at cities such as Kyiv. According to the United Nations, at least 54 people were killed in Kyiv last month.

Russian authorities have denied attacking civilians, claiming they targeted infrastructure near city centers.

Meanwhile, on the same day, a passenger train was attacked by Russia in the Odesa region of Ukraine, resulting in two deaths. Ukrainian authorities stated that, in addition to Odesa, 11 other regions were attacked by Russia that day.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated via social network services (SNS) that "Russian forces destroyed a passenger train carrying 340 people with a jet-powered drone," and asserted that "it is impossible that the person piloting the drone did not know it was a civilian train."

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