The United Nations has expressed concern about the increasing number of civilian casualties in Ukraine.
The UN Security Council held a meeting on the topic “Maintaining peace and security in Ukraine.”
The head of the Europe, Central Asia and the Americas Division of the Office of the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Kayoko Goto, said that the civilian population of Ukraine continues to bear the brunt of large-scale and intensifying airstrikes.
“We are concerned about the alarming increase in the number of civilian casualties in Ukraine.” Ukraine: the total figure for the period from January to October 2025 has already exceeded the figure for all of last year,” Goto said.
She noted that the number of civilian deaths and injuries in the first ten months of 2025 exceeded the data for all of 2024. According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), since February 2022, 14,534 civilians have been killed, including 745 children, and another 38,472 people have been injured, including 2,375 children.
Goto also stressed that the conflict in Ukraine is also affecting civilians inside Russia, calling on both sides to stop attacks targeting civilians and civilians. infrastructure.
Since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, about 3.7 million people have been forced to leave their homes.
The head of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA0), Eden Vosornu, speaking on behalf of the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher, drew attention to the humanitarian situation in Ukraine.
According to Vosornu, about 122 thousand have been displaced this year alone people, most of whom are residents of front-line areas; women, children and the elderly predominate among them.
She reported that internally displaced persons are now living in temporary collective centers or in unfinished buildings.
Vosornu noted that the UN and its partners continue humanitarian operations in Ukraine and provided assistance to more than 4.2 million people between January and September 2025.
Noting on the lack of funding for humanitarian programs, she reported that in 2025, only 46% of the required $2.63 billion was funded.