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The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission verified that at least 641 civilians were killed or injured in Ukraine in January 2024, continuing a trend from December 2023 of increasing civilian casualties. Verified civilian casualties in January were 37 per cent higher than in November 2023. 

The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission verified that at least 592 civilians were killed or injured in Ukraine in December 2023. This constitutes a 26.5 per cent increase in verified civilian casualties compared with the previous month. The number of reported civilian casualties, some of which are still pending verification, suggest that the increase was even higher. The increase in civilian casualties in December breaks a trend of decreasing numbers of civilian casualties in 2023.

This thirty-seventh report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the human rights situation in Ukraine covers the period from 1 August to 30 November 2023. It is based on the work of the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine.

The number of civilian casualties remained high in November with at least 461 civilians killed or injured. The number of civilian casualties in November was 24 per cent lower than in October 2023, and 37 per cent lower than in November 2022, continuing a trend of gradual decline in 2023.

The number of civilian casualties remained high in October, with 605 civilians killed or injured.