Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict — June 2026
Summary
At least 293 civilians were killed and 1,990 injured in Ukraine in June 2026. Following the sharp increase documented in May, civilian casualties continued to rise, reaching the highest total number of civilians killed and injured since April 2022.1 The June civilian casualties were 10 per cent higher than in May 2026 (282 killed; 1,794 injured) and 37 per cent higher than in June 2025 (249 killed; 1,416 injured).
In the first six months of 2026, civilian casualties (1,396 killed; 7,978 injured) were 37 per cent higher than in the same period in 2025 (1,122 killed; 5,734 injured) and 114 per cent higher than in the same period in 2024 (940 killed; 3,442 injured).
In June, long-range weapons (powerful missiles with area-wide effects and drones) remained the leading cause of civilian casualties, accounting for 45 per cent of the total (126 killed; 907 injured). Most casualties from these weapons occurred far from the frontline in urban centres such as Kyiv and Dnipro.
Near the frontline, civilian casualties caused by short-range drones reached their highest monthly level since 24 February 2022 (89 killed; 588 injured). Aerial bombardments (44 killed; 280 injured), artillery shelling and Multiple Launched Rocket System attacks (27 killed; 171 injured), as well as incidents involving explosive remnants of war and mines (7 killed; 44 injured), also continued to cause civilian casualties.
The vast majority of civilian casualties2 in June occurred in areas under the control of the Government of Ukraine. Civilians were killed or injured across 13 regions of Ukraine and the city of Kyiv. The highest numbers of killed and injured in June 2026 occurred in Zaporizhzhia (23 killed and 229 injured), Kherson (18 killed and 236 injured), Dnipro (25 killed and 77 injured), and Kyiv (11 killed and 112 injured).
In June, the Russian Armed Forces continued to attack Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. A sharp increase was also documented in attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine against power generation, distribution and transmission facilities in occupied Crimea. At least 12 such attacks resulted in emergency or scheduled power outages.
