The UN confirmed 21,965 civilian casualties in the war in Ukraine

The confirmed number of civilian victims of the war launched by Russia in Ukraine, between dead and wounded, is 21,965, he said. United Nations Office for Human Rights.

There were 8,231 civilian deaths and 13,734 wounded among the non-military population, although it was once again emphasized that these figures are conservative and include only cases documented by the strict methodology it used. UN in situations of this type.

The body that monitored civilian casualties since the beginning of the Russian invasion, showed that the majority of deaths (6,372) occurred in areas controlled by the Ukrainian government, where 11,247 people were injured in the attacks.

Meanwhile, 4,346 people (1859 dead and 2487 wounded) they were victims of the war in the regions of Ukraine under Russian occupation.

According to UN data, March 2022 was the month in which the most civilians were killed in this war, and the trend has been downward since then.

The main cause of death is detonatione Explosive weapons of wide range, then anti-personnel mines and mines left over from the war.

He Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) He pointed out that the war in Ukraine encouraged the purchase of weapons by European countries despite the downward trend in world arms trade.

In the annual report of this renowned institute on the evolution of the arms trade in the last five years, it is pointed out that the only region that records an increase is Europe and points to the confrontation with Russiashown in his military intervention in Ukraine as the central cause.

“Although arms transfers have fallen globally, those from Europe have risen sharply due to tensions between Russia and most European countries”explains SIPRI.

While the global arms trade fell by 5.1% between 2013-2017. and 2018-2022, Europe imported 47% more weapons in that period, This percentage rises to 65% if all NATO member countries on the continent are included.