How many people have died in Ukraine since Russia invaded?
24.02.2023 - 15:39
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
On this day last year, Vladimir Putin ordered his troops across the Ukraine border, marking the start of a deadly conflict which has taken the lives of thousands.
An exact death toll for the number of people lost to the war has not been calculated, but estimates reveal that thousands of Ukrainian civilians and soldiers from both sides as well as abroad have been killed since the invasion began on February 24, 2021.
But the estimates are likely to be much lower than the actual number of casualties.
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UN human rights experts have attempted to count the number of civilians killed and wounded in Ukraine, but know their tally falls significantly short, while neither Russia nor Ukraine have provided recent figures for the number of their troops lost.
Here are some of the official figures that make up a devastating death toll in Ukraine.
The UN human rights office says there have been 8,006 confirmed civilian deaths in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion up until February 15.
However, it says they are still waiting on verification of thousands of reported casualties in Russian-occupied cities such as Mariupol, Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk, meaning the actual number is likely much higher.
The UN office says it recorded 3,382 deaths in March 2022 - the highest number for a single month of the war.
According to the US military, the estimated number of civilian deaths is around 40,000.
The UN has recorded more than 13,000 civilians injured in the war over the last year.
Western estimates put the number of Russian troops killed or wounded at around 200,000. Britain’s Ministry of Defence has