UN: Russia’s war in Ukraine has taken a terrible toll

He said the war’s damage would be felt for generations and reiterated his call for Moscow to end the war immediately.

“The Russian Federation’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine demanded terrible human casualties, causing enormous suffering to millions of civilians,” V. Turk said.

He was speaking ahead of the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of the neighboring country.

V. Turk called for a thorough and independent investigation into all human rights violations committed during the war and said that its victims should be compensated.

“Russia’s large-scale armed offensive against Ukraine, which is about to enter its third year with no end in sight, continues to cause serious and widespread human rights violations and destroy people’s lives and livelihoods,” he said in a statement.

Turk said millions of Ukrainians were forced to leave their homes, thousands lost their homes, and hundreds of hospitals and schools were damaged or destroyed.

“The long-term effects of this war in Ukraine will be felt for generations,” he said.

In its latest report, the UN human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine said that since February 24, 2022, it had been able to confirm that 10,582 civilians had died as a result of the conflict.

It confirmed that another 19,875 civilians were injured.

“The real number is likely to be much higher,” the mission stressed.