In September 2024, at least 208 civilians were killed and 1,220 injured in Ukraine as a result of Russian strikes. This made September the month with the highest number of civilian casualties in 2024, according to the monthly report of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission.
According to the organization, 46% of the dead were over 60 years old . In addition, 9 children and 76 were injured in September.
"Rocket attacks across the country, especially against the cities of Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia , contributed to the increase in the number of victims. Near the front line, a large part of the victims are due to attacks using unmanned aerial vehicles," the report notes.
The monitoring mission also noted an upward trend in the number of civilian casualties since July. "In the last month, for the third month in a row, the number of victims among the civilian population was higher than in all other months since October 2022," the UN stated.
The vast majority of civilian casualties ( 92% ) and damage to educational and medical facilities ( 96% ) in September occurred in the territory controlled by Ukraine. "At least 30 shellings damaged or destroyed energy infrastructure ( 25 in the territory controlled by Ukraine and 5 in the territory occupied by the Russian Federation)," says the report.
The Russian military regularly uses various types of weapons — attack drones, missiles, guided aerial bombs, rocket launchers — to attack Ukrainian regions.
Tragic events in Odesa
On October 10, the Russian occupation army launched an attack on Odesa region with ballistic missiles, resulting in the death of four people , including a teenager. Oleg Kiper, the head of Odesa OVA, said that a two-story building where civilians lived and worked was destroyed as a result of the attack in Odesa district.
Another 10 people were wounded and injured, nine of them were hospitalized. Among the injured, four are in serious condition.
