62 > A resident of Odessa, Ukraine, which suffered from the war, Ukraine (photo from the archive. April 2025)) Ukraine: The UN monitoring mission reports an increase in the number of victims among the civilian population Peace and safety A new wave of missile shelling and strikes by distant radius drones from Russia continues an alarming trend in the growth of the number of victims among the civilian population of Ukraine in 2025. In the first five months of this year, the number of dead and wounded civilians exceeds the indicators of the same period last year by almost 50 percent. This was announced on Wednesday by the UN Monitoring Mission to Human Rights in Ukraine. In its monthly report on the protection of the civilian population of Ukraine, the Mission reports that only in May at least 183 civilians were killed throughout the country, another 836 were injured. The greatest damage was caused by attacks with the use of long-range missiles and barrazing ammunition (drones-Kamikaze), while the largest number of victims in the front-line areas is associated with the blows of the near-radius drones equipped with high-resolution cameras and used for point guidance. 97 percent of all victims are recorded in the territories controlled by Ukraine. 62 ~ ~ 60 > Strengthening strokes and barracking ammunition of long -range radius in combination with frequent attacks of the Drones of the Middle Radio along the line The front create a mortal threat to the civilian population The high level of mortality among the civilian population in May continued the sharp increase in April. “This year has become destructive for civilians of Ukraine – the dead and wounded much more than during the same period of 2024,” said Daniel Bell, the head of the monitoring mission. – Strengthening the blows using missiles and barracking ammunition of the long -range radius of action, combined with frequent attacks of the near radius drones along the front line, create a mortal threat to the civilian population. ”~ 60 >~ 60 > mission also notes that the intensity of impacts using long -range weapons using long -range weapons. It increased and led to new victims. according to the Ukrainian authorities, from June 6, the Russian armed forces released more than 1,500 ammunition of the distant radius of action in Ukraine. Currently, the mission checks the reports that as a result of these strokes – either from their fragments after interception – over the past five days, at least 19 civilians have died, another 205 were injured in various cities of the country. Kharkov, as well as Kyiv, Odessa and other settlements removed from the front line. ~ 60 > 60 > “Many hours of ammunition, sow fear among families, who are forced to conduct nights in bombing, constantly listening to the sounds of drones in the sky, said. Bell. – At such a pace and scale [escalation], further sacrifices among the civilian population are inevitable. ”62 ~