Russian attacks on Ukraine in October killed nearly 200 people and injured more than 900 civilians

Russian attacks on several regions of Ukraine in October led to the deaths of 183 civilians and injured another 903 people, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine said.

According to one report According to the findings of the monitoring mission, 80 percent of the causes were recorded along Ukraine’s eastern front, mainly in Kherson, Kharkiv and Donetsk Oblasts.

A total of nine children were killed and another 49 children were injured in the attacks. The report noted that 45 percent of the victims of the Russian attacks were over the age of 60.

The casualties in October were mainly caused by aerial bombardments, artillery bombardments and drone and rocket attacks.

The rising death toll among civilians comes as Russia continues to increase its use of attack drones, with cities and towns across Ukraine coming under attack on an almost daily basis. since early September.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said on November 2 that Russia launched more than 2,000 Shahed-type drones on Ukraine in October.

The Ukrainian air force previously said this to Russia launched at least 4,300 Shahed-type attack drones and similar UAVs imitating Shaheds against Ukraine between August and October 2024.

Although rocket attacks are common in Ukraine’s eastern oblasts, most Ukrainian cities, including Kiev, have been largely spared large-scale Russian rocket attacks on infrastructure in recent months.

Russian rocket bombings started again on November 17 with a massive airstrike targeting major cities and energy infrastructure across the country. The latest attack killed at least seven civilians and injured at least 19 in several regions.