The United Nations warns that the civilian casualty statistics it publishes daily don’t capture the full impact of the war in Ukraine — while military experts say the number of Ukrainian civilians killed by Russian forces likely won’t be known until years after the conflict ends.
Experts say the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is providing the most accurate daily statistics on Ukraine’s civilian casualties. But the OHCHR itself says it may be greatly underestimating the real casualty rate.
“OHCHR believes that the actual figures are considerably higher, as the receipt of information from some locations where