The month-to-month whole additionally marked a three-year excessive, topping June’s determine, with HRMMU verifying civilian deaths and accidents in 18 of Ukraine’s 24 areas.
“For the second month in a row, the variety of civilian casualties in Ukraine hits a brand new three-year excessive,” mentioned Danielle Bell, Head of HRMMU.
“Solely the primary three months after the Russian Federation launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine noticed extra killed and injured than on this previous month,” she added.
Rising toll
Numbers for the primary seven months of 2025 have been 48 per cent larger than in the identical interval final 12 months.
Lengthy-range weapons, together with missiles and suicide drones, accounted for practically 40 per cent of casualties. On 31 July, Kyiv noticed its deadliest assault for the reason that begin of the full-scale invasion, with 31 individuals killed, together with 5 youngsters, when a missile struck a residential constructing.
Brief-range drones alone prompted 24 per cent of casualties, reflecting a pointy rise since mid-2024, as documented in a bulletin printed by HRMMU in June 2025.
The steepest month-to-month enhance got here from aerial bombs, which killed 67 and injured 209 in July, in contrast with 114 casualties in June. Strikes hit a penal colony in Zaporizhzhia and an condo constructing in Donetsk, killing not less than 21 individuals in whole.
“Whether or not you might be in a hospital or a jail, at dwelling or at work, near or distant from the frontline, in case you are in Ukraine right now, you might be susceptible to getting killed or injured by the struggle,” Ms. Bell mentioned.
Burkina Faso: Blast hits close to UN support helicopter in Solle
A UN chartered helicopter delivering meals support to the city of Solle in northwest Burkina Faso was caught in an explosion shortly after touchdown on Tuesday, injuring two individuals.
The plane, chartered by the World Meals Programme (WFP), had simply unloaded humanitarian provides when the blast occurred close by. One crew member and a Authorities associate have been damage and at the moment are receiving medical therapy.
The helicopter sustained solely minor injury and was moved to security, WFP mentioned. Flights to Solle have been quickly halted whereas authorities examine the incident.
Important operation
In conflict-affected areas of Burkina Faso, WFP’s humanitarian air operations are vital for delivering life-saving help to hard-to-reach communities most in want.
WFP goals to help 315,000 of essentially the most susceptible individuals in the course of the lean season from June to August, when households have exhausted their meals shares.
In a statement, WFP reaffirmed the company’s “unwavering dedication to help populations in want and to succeed in essentially the most distant communities with humanitarian help.”
Rights workplace urges Uganda to launch opposition leaders on bail
The UN human rights workplace (OHCHR) on Wednesday expressed severe concern at repeated denials of bail in Uganda for opposition chief Kizza Besigye and his affiliate Obeid Lutale.
Each people have been denied bail thrice since they have been kidnapped in neighbouring Kenya and returned to Uganda final November.
In dismissing their newest request, the Excessive Court docket discovered them ineligible for necessary bail merely as a result of that they had been detained in civil jail for lower than the 180 days required to qualify for launch, a period that didn’t account for his or her prior deprivation of liberty following their abduction and compelled return.
“We urge the authorities to rethink the choice and grant them bail, and to make sure that any authorized proceedings towards them are totally in step with worldwide human rights legislation,” mentioned OHCHR spokesperson Liz Throssell.
Human rights issues
The UN human rights workplace in Uganda closed its operations there in 2023 after the Authorities determined to finish cooperation with OHCHR.
On the time, Excessive Fee Volker Türk expressed concern in regards to the run-up to the 2026 elections, amid an more and more hostile surroundings impacting human rights defenders, civil society actors and journalists.
Different UN human rights mechanisms additionally condemned legal guidelines criminalizing same-sex relations and the decision for the usage of the dying penalty for convicted offenders.
