{
  "id": "ohchr-civilian-casualties",
  "title": "At least 328 civilians killed and 2,105 injured in Ukraine in September",
  "description": "Civilian deaths and injuries verified by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, per month since 24 February 2022. The figures are a floor: they count only verified cases.",
  "unit": "people",
  "date_range": "Feb 2022 — present",
  "topic": "civilians",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "page_url": "https://visua.no/en/charts/ohchr-civilian-casualties/",
  "dataset_url": "https://visua.no/data/ohchr-civilian-casualties.csv",
  "meta_url": "https://visua.no/data/ohchr-civilian-casualties.meta.json",
  "datawrapper_id": "qmTCE",
  "chart_png_url": "https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/qmTCE/full.png",
  "supabase_view": "chart_ohchr_civilian_casualties_monthly",
  "cadence": "Monthly",
  "last_updated": "2026-09-30",
  "key_points": [
    "The chart shows how many civilians were killed and injured in Ukraine each month since Russia's full-scale invasion on 24 February 2022, as verified by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine. The first month covers only 24–28 February 2022.",
    "These are verified cases only, so the figures are a floor, not a total. The mission counts a casualty only once it has corroborated the case itself. It says the real toll is considerably higher, above all in 2022, when it could not reach cities under siege or occupation such as Mariupol, Lysychansk, Popasna and Sievierodonetsk. The March 2022 peak is itself an undercount.",
    "The mission keeps checking past months, and its figures for them usually go up as more cases are confirmed. The chart shows every month as stated in the latest report, so the most recent months are likely to rise.",
    "The count covers civilians across Ukraine, including territory occupied by Russia, where the mission has few independent sources and can verify only a small share of the casualties reported. Civilians killed or injured inside Russia are not included.",
    "Civilian casualties have risen through 2026. The 2,570 civilians killed from January to September already make it the deadliest year since 2022, and the 15,211 injured are more than in any full year of the war. July 2026 was the deadliest month since May 2022, with 448 killed."
  ],
  "source": {
    "key": "ohchr",
    "name": "UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine",
    "short_name": "UN monitoring mission",
    "url": "ukraine.ohchr.org/en/reports/protection-of-civilians",
    "description": "What it is\nThe UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) has documented harm to civilians in Ukraine since 2014. It is part of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Since the full-scale invasion, it has published a monthly update on civilians killed and injured.\n\nHow it counts\nA casualty is counted only once the mission has verified it, drawing on interviews with victims and witnesses, site visits, official records and open sources. That makes its figures slower and lower than tallies from national authorities. The reports are published on the mission's website (https://ukraine.ohchr.org/en/reports/protection-of-civilians).\n\nWhat it misses\nThe figures are a floor. The mission says the real toll is considerably higher, above all in 2022, when it could not reach cities under siege or occupation. It has little access to territory occupied by Russia, so casualties there are the least complete part of the count. Past months are revised as more cases are confirmed, mostly upward. Each monthly report restates the whole series since February 2022 at its current verified values.\n\nAlignment to the sides of the war\nThe mission is a UN body and reports on harm to civilians regardless of which side caused it. Its reports cover casualties caused by Russian and by Ukrainian forces.",
    "coverage": "February 2022 — present",
    "cadence": "Monthly report · checked daily",
    "citation": "UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (OHCHR). Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, monthly updates. https://ukraine.ohchr.org/en/reports/protection-of-civilians.",
    "shared_points": []
  },
  "processing": [
    {
      "n": "1",
      "title": "Find new reports",
      "desc": "Once a day, we check the mission's list of \"Protection of civilians\" reports for a new monthly update."
    },
    {
      "n": "2",
      "title": "Read the table",
      "desc": "Each monthly report since February 2026 includes a table of civilians killed and injured in every month since the invasion. We read it from the PDF and check it against the totals printed on the same page. A table that does not add up is not loaded."
    },
    {
      "n": "3",
      "title": "Keep the newest figures",
      "desc": "Every report's table is stored separately. The chart uses the newest one for every month, so revised and unrevised months are never mixed."
    },
    {
      "n": "4",
      "title": "Publish",
      "desc": "The chart is refreshed on the morning a new report is loaded."
    }
  ],
  "data_dictionary": [
    {
      "name": "month",
      "type": "text",
      "unit": "YYYY-MM",
      "desc": "Calendar month. February 2022 covers 24–28 February only."
    },
    {
      "name": "Killed",
      "type": "number",
      "unit": "people",
      "desc": "Civilians killed that month, as verified by the mission and stated in its latest report."
    },
    {
      "name": "Injured",
      "type": "number",
      "unit": "people",
      "desc": "Civilians injured that month, as verified by the mission and stated in its latest report."
    }
  ],
  "citation": {
    "originator": "UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine",
    "originator_url": "https://ukraine.ohchr.org/en/reports/protection-of-civilians",
    "processor": "Pavlo Krasnomovets, visua.no",
    "processor_url": "https://visua.no",
    "data_as_of": "2026-09-30",
    "in_text": "UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (2026), processed by visua.no",
    "full": "UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (2026). \"Civilians killed and injured in Ukraine each month\" [chart]. Processed by Pavlo Krasnomovets, visua.no. Data as of 30 September 2026. https://visua.no/en/charts/ohchr-civilian-casualties/",
    "bibtex": "@misc{unhumanrightsmonitoringmissioninukraine2026ohchrciviliancasualties,\n  author       = {UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine},\n  title        = {Civilians killed and injured in Ukraine each month},\n  year         = {2026},\n  note         = {Processed by Pavlo Krasnomovets, visua.no},\n  howpublished = {\\url{https://visua.no/en/charts/ohchr-civilian-casualties/}},\n  urldate      = {2026-09-30}\n}"
  },
  "contact": "pavlo@visua.no",
  "issues_url": "mailto:pavlo@visua.no?subject=visua.no"
}