Russian forces launched an assault in a single day targeted on Kyiv, deploying 397 Shahed unmanned assault and decoy drones, together with 18 high-powered missiles, killing two and injuring a minimum of 16, according to the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU).
UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric famous throughout his day by day briefing in New York that 4 Kyiv districts had been hit, damaging residential buildings, a clinic and a TV station, whereas an outpatient clinic was destroyed throughout the bombardment.
Mr. Dujarric additionally relayed reviews from native authorities of latest assaults in different areas which left greater than 9 useless and a minimum of ten civilians injured.
Grim June document
These assaults come after June noticed the very best month-to-month civilian casualty depend in Ukraine because the Russian invastion started in February 2022, with 232 individuals killed and 1,343 injured.
This knowledge displays a worsening development: 6,754 civilians had been killed or injured within the first half of 2025 – a pointy 54 per cent rise in comparison with the identical interval in 2024, when 4,381 civilian casualties had been documented.
This breaks all the way down to a 17 per cent enhance in civilian deaths and a 64 per cent enhance in accidents.
Russia’s elevated use of long-range missiles and drones in city areas – and their enhanced damaging energy – had been key drivers behind the spike in casualties.
The rising variety of assaults additionally performed an important function, as Russia launched ten instances extra missile and unmanned drone strikes in June 2025 than in June 2024.
“Civilians throughout Ukraine are going through ranges of struggling now we have not seen in over three years,” mentioned Danielle Bell, Head of HRMMU. “The surge in long-range missile and drone strikes throughout the nation has introduced much more demise and destruction to civilians removed from the frontline.”
Youngster struggling intensifies
Additionally on Thursday, the UN Youngsters’s Fund (UNICEF) reported that an estimated 70 per cent of kids in Ukraine (3.5 million) are experiencing “materials deprivation” – up from 18 per cent in 2021.
Materials deprivation refers to an absence of important items and companies, together with nutritious meals, acceptable clothes, heating at house and entry to training.
Based on UNICEF’s report, one in three kids in Ukraine lives in a house with out a functioning water provide or sewage system, and almost half lack entry to an area to play.
This deprivation is pushed by continued assaults on infrastructure – together with water, sanitation, and power methods – in addition to on properties, colleges, and healthcare services, together with rising poverty throughout the nation.
Trying in direction of restoration
These warnings come because the fourth Ukraine Restoration Convention opened in Rome on Thursday. It goals to construct international consciousness and keep momentum for worldwide help and funding in Ukraine’s restoration, rebuilding, reform, and modernisation.
The Director Normal of the UN migration company (IOM), Amy Pope, is amongst these attending. The company performs a significant function in Ukraine, the place almost 4 million individuals stay internally displaced, and one other 5 million refugees reside throughout Europe.
“Displacement on this scale imposes quite a few challenges for Ukraine and its individuals,” she said.
“Restoration should start with a give attention to the individuals in want – connecting them to companies and restoring their livelihoods, so it turns into extra than simply returning house, however about regaining their place in society.”
