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24.
From 1 January to 31 July 2020, OHCHR recorded 107 civilian casualties: 18 killed
(ten men, seven women and one boy) and 89 injured (49 men, 30 women, six girls and four
boys), a ten per cent decrease
compared with the same period
of 2019 (20 killed and 99
injured).
25.
Shelling, SALW10 fire
and UAV11 strikes caused 67
civilian casualties: eight killed
(five women and three men) and
59 injured (27 men, 23 women,
six girls and three boys). Of
these: 85.3 per cent (seven
killed and 51 injured) were
recorded in armed groupcontrolled territory (five killed
and 36 injured in territory
controlled by ‘Donetsk people’s
republic’, and two killed and 15
injured in territory controlled by ‘Luhansk people’s republic’), and 14.7 per cent (two killed
and eight injured) in Government-controlled territory.
26.
For example, on 9 April, a woman was killed and a man was injured by an explosive
dropped from an UAV when they visited an uninhabited house in armed group-controlled
Shyroka Balka (Donetsk region). On 4 May, three girls were injured by light weapons fire
while playing at home in armed group-controlled Oleksandrivka (Donetsk region). On 3 July,
a woman was killed by mortar shelling while working in the yard of her house in the
Government-controlled part of Zaitseve (Donetsk region).
27.
Thirty-nine civilian casualties resulted from mine-related incidents and ERW12
handling: nine killed (seven men, one woman and one boy) and 30 injured (22 men, seven
women and one boy).
28.
For example, on 1 March, a man and a woman were injured in a mine-related incident
walking near Sieverskyi Donets River (in armed group-controlled territory of Luhansk
region). On 20 June, a man and a woman were killed after handling a hand grenade at a home
in Government-controlled Stanytsia Luhanska (Luhansk region). On 5 July, a boy who
handled an ERW was killed in armed group-controlled Makiivka (Donetsk region).
Civilian casualties during the entire conflict period
10
11
12
Small arms and light weapons.
Unmanned aerial vehicles.
Explosive remnants of war.
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