UN says 1,766 civilians killed in Ukraine since Russian invasion started

That's according to a civilian casualty update published by OHCHR on April 9, Ukrinform reports.

Those killed include 452 men, 284 women, 27 girls, and 43 boys, as well as 69 children and 891 adults whose sex is yet unknown.

Those injured include 272 men, 206 women, 45 girls, and 44 boys, as well as 126 children and 1,690 adults whose sex is yet unknown.

Most of the civilian casualties recorded were caused by the use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area, including shelling from heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket systems, and missile and air strikes, the report said.

OHCHR believes that the actual figures are considerably higher, as the receipt of information from some locations where intense hostilities have been going on has been delayed and many reports are still pending corroboration. This concerns, for example, Mariupol and Volnovakha (Donetsk region), Izium (Kharkiv region), Popasna (Luhansk region), and Borodianka (Kyiv region), where there are allegations of numerous civilian casualties. These figures are being further corroborated and are not included in the above statistics.

OHCHR notes the report of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine, according to which as of 20:00 on April 9 (local time), 176 children had been killed and at least 324 injured.

On February 24, 2022, Russia launched an unprovoked war against Ukraine. The invaders have been shelling and bombing peaceful cities, towns and villages in Ukraine, torturing and killing civilians.