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Aftermath of the Russian missile strike on an apartment block in Dnipro (14 January 2023), which killed 46 civilians
Shelling of Kharkiv regional administration

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian military have carried out deliberate attacks against civilian targets[1][2][3] and indiscriminate attacks in densely-populated areas.[4] The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine says the Russian military exposed the civilian population to unnecessary and disproportionate harm by using cluster bombs[5][6][7][8] and by firing other weapons with wide-area effects into civilian areas, such as missiles, heavy artillery shells and multiple launch rockets.[7] As of 2024, the attacks had resulted in the documented deaths of between 10,000[9] and 16,500 civilians.[10] On 22 April 2022, the UN reported that of the 2,343 civilian casualties it had been able to document, it could confirm 92.3% of these deaths were as a result of the actions of the Russian armed forces.[11]

On 5 July 2022, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Michelle Bachelet, reported that most civilian casualties documented by her office had been caused by the Russian army's use of explosive weapons with wide-area effects in populated areas, calling it "indisputable".[12] By 30 June 2023, OHCHR assessed that 90.5% of all civilian deaths were caused by such indiscriminate attack, and that 84.2% of them were recorded in Ukrainian-held territory.[13] El País estimated that by March 2023 the Russian forces were firing at a rate of between 600,000 and 1.8 million shells per month.[14] By the end of 2023, Russian forces launched about 7,400 missiles and 3,900 Shahed drone strikes against Ukraine according to Ukrainian military officials.[15]

Reports on the use of cluster bombs raised concerns about the high number of civilian casualties and the long-lasting danger of unexploded ordnance.[7][8] According to the OHCHR, cluster bombs have been used by Russian armed forces and pro-Russian separatists, and to a lesser degree by Ukrainian armed forces.[16][17] In several attacks, most notably the Hroza missile attack, Russia argued that the presence of any armed forces at a given place makes it a "legitimate target", which has been criticized by many international law experts and UN diplomats.[18]

  1. ^ "Chernihiv: Are these Russia's weapons of war?". BBC News. 9 April 2022. Archived from the original on 3 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  2. ^ Gall, Carlotta; Kramer, Andrew E. (3 April 2022). "In a Kyiv Suburb,'They Shot Everyone They Saw'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference HRW_Vehicles was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference HRMMU_Statement_March was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "United Nations Treaty Collection". Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference HRW_UA_RU_cluster_munition was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference HRMMU_Report_March was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ a b Lance, Rachel. "The Enduring Danger of Cluster Bombs". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Ukraine: Civilian casualties mount as war enters second winter". UN News. 21 November 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  10. ^ "More than 16,500 people killed in Ukraine due to Russian aggression". Ukrinform. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  11. ^ "UN's Bachelet condemns 'horrors' faced by Ukraine's civilians". UN News. 22 April 2022. Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference OHCHR_July was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ "Ukraine: Civilian casualties - 24 February 2022 to 30 June 2023". OHCHR. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  14. ^ María R. Sahuquillo (1 March 2023). "Ukraine outgunned 10 to 1 in massive artillery battle with Russia". El País. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  15. ^ "RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 28, 2023". Institute for the Study of War. 2023-12-28. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
  16. ^ The situation of human rights in Ukraine in the context of the armed attack by the Russian Federation, 24 February to 15 May 2022 (Report). OHCHR. 29 June 2022. para. 27-30. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  17. ^ Gibbons-Neff, Thomas; Ismay, John (2022-04-18). "To Push Back Russians, Ukrainians Hit a Village With Cluster Munitions". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 18 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  18. ^ admin (2023-10-11). "Russia's pattern of disinformation at the United Nations: case of Hroza village missile strike". We Are Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-10-12.

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