Destroyed buildings in Donetsk region. (Archive) The UN presented updated data on Ukraine Peace and security
At least 165 Ukrainian civilians were killed and 887 were injured in November. Eight of those killed were children. Such data was published on Thursday by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The number of victims in November was lower than in October, but significantly higher than in November 2023 (113 killed and 363 injured).
The vast majority of civilian casualties (93 percent) were recorded in Ukrainian-controlled areas, where most of the damaged educational and medical facilities are also located.
65 people were killed and 372 wounded by Russian armed forces using long-range weapons (missiles and loitering munitions), a significant increase from previous months.
In November, Russian armed forces resumed large-scale coordinated attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Two attacks last month damaged 24 power generation and distribution facilities in 13 regions, including facilities involved in the conversion and transmission of electricity from nuclear power plants, causing emergency power outages in many regions and the resumption of daily scheduled power outages across the country.
About 57 percent of casualties in November were reported near the front lines, particularly in the Kherson and Donetsk regions. In areas close to the front lines, deaths and injuries were mainly due to aerial bombardment, artillery shelling, multiple launch rocket system strikes, and short-range unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacks. In the Kherson region, UAV attacks caused civilian casualties almost daily.