Ukraine prosecutor logs 17,400 civilian deaths and 320,000 damaged infrastructure objects since the full-scale invasion
Yurii Rud of Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office told the 'United for Justice' accountability conference that Russian strikes have killed more than 17,400 civilians and injured over 43,000 since February 24, 2022, with the dead including more than 700 children and 2,400 injured children. He said Russian forces have destroyed or damaged more than 320,000 civilian infrastructure objects, among them 86,000 residential buildings, over 5,000 educational and childcare institutions, more than 1,400 medical facilities, 900 cultural sites and 330 religious buildings. The civilian toll updates come on top of 596 separate Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure recorded over the same period.
Russian strikes have killed more than 17,400 civilians and injured more than 43,000 in Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion, Yurii Rud, Head of the Department for Counteracting Crimes Committed in Armed Conflict Conditions at Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office, said on the sidelines of the conference "United for Justice. Accountability for Crimes Against the Civilian Population." More than 700 Ukrainian children have been killed and more than 2,400 injured, he told Ukrinform.
Rud said Russian forces have destroyed or damaged more than 320,000 civilian infrastructure objects over the course of the war. The breakdown includes 86,000 residential buildings, more than 5,000 educational and childcare institutions, more than 1,400 medical facilities, more than 900 cultural sites and more than 330 religious buildings.
The civilian-side figures sit alongside a separate Prosecutor General's Office tally of 596 Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure since February 2022.