A/HRC/40/CRP.3 two women) and killed none. This is a 44.4 per cent decrease with the previous reporting period (six killed and 12 injured), and one of the lowest figures for the entire conflict period. Of the ten civilian injuries caused by shelling and SALW fire, eight were recorded in territory controlled by ‘Donetsk people’s republic’ and one was recorded in territory controlled by ‘Luhansk people’s republic’ and are attributable to the Government, and one was recorded in government-controlled territory and is attributable to armed groups of ‘Donetsk people’s republic’. 21. For instance, on 5 December 2018, a woman was injured by fire from an automated grenade launcher in the armed group-controlled village of Zaitseve (Donetsk region). On 10 January 2019, three male workers of the Voda Donbasa water station received injuries when a vehicle, which they drove to the Vasylivka water pumping station near the armedgroup controlled Kruta Balka (Donetsk region) was hit by a rocket or a shell.17 On 16 December 2018, a man was injured in the government-controlled village of Chermalyk (Donetsk region). On 23 January 2019, the same man’s house came under heavy machinegun fire. The house is reportedly located near positions of the Ukrainian forces. 18 22. During the reporting period, OHCHR did not record any civilian casualties resulting from mine-related incidents. However, there were six casualties (two killed and four injured) resulting from the handling of explosive remnants of war (ERW), mostly hand grenades. B. Civilian casualties in 2018 22. From 1 January to 31 December 2018, OHCHR recorded 279 conflict-related civilian casualties: 55 killed (32 men, 15 women, six boys and two girls) Conflict-related civilian casualties in 2018, and 224 injured (122 men, 70 per type of weapon/incident women, 16 boys, seven girls and nine Killed Injured Total Percent adults, whose gender is yet 21 135 156 55.9 Shelling/SALW fire unknown). This is a 53.8 per cent 34 85 119 42.7 MRI/ERW handling decrease compared with 2017, when 604 civilian casualties (117 killed 2 2 0.7 Drone attacks and 487 injured) were recorded, and 2 2 0.7 Road incidents the lowest annual civilian casualty 55 224 279 100.0 Total numbers during the entire conflict period. 17 18 8 OHCHR civilian casualty records. HRMMU interviews, 28 December 2018 and 28 January 2019.

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