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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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