According to the Ukrainian prosecutor general, the number of victims is likely to be much higher, as Ukrainian authorities do not have access to areas held by the Russian military.
More than eight thousand three hundred civilians have lost their lives so far since the Russian army invaded the Ukrainian territory on February 24, the Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin announced yesterday in Kyiv.
Among them were 437 children, Mr Kostin said, according to the Ukrainian news agency UNIAN.
Eleven thousand more civilians have been injured in the war, which will close nine months this week.
According to the Ukrainian prosecutor general, the number of victims is likely to be much higher, as Ukrainian authorities do not have access to areas held by the Russian military.
According to the most recent UN estimate, at least 16,295 civilians have died in the conflict.
As of yesterday, Ukrainian authorities had recorded more than 45,000 war crimes and named 216 Russian military suspects for committing them, including 17 Russian prisoners of war. Twelve defendants have been found guilty in Ukrainian courts.
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