According to the HRMMU report, between January and September 2025, civilian casualties were 31 percent higher than in the same period last year. monthly report published on Thursday.
“The high number of civilian casualties over the past month confirms this year’s disturbing pattern of intense violence in Ukraine Virtually no day goes by without civilian deaths or injuries, especially in frontline communities” says HRMMU chief Danielle Bell.
Frontline danger
Sixty-nine percent of September’s casualties occurred near the front line, with particularly high numbers in the Donetsk and Kherson regions of eastern Ukraine. Nearly 30 percent of all casualties were caused by short-range drone strikes.
In the Donetsk region on Thursday, a bomb hit near a post office box as seniors were collecting their pensions.
Twenty-one of the dead and thirteen of the injured were over 60 years old. Elderly people are often among the last residents to be evacuated from their communities, HRMMU says; at least 87 of them were killed last month.
Critical infrastructure is at stake
Compared to August, September had a An increase of 15 percent number of attacks on energy infrastructure compared to August 2025. Thirty-one attacks were documented.
The UN Aid Coordination Office (OCHA) reported That weekend’s attacks left about 70,000 people without electricity and disrupted gas and water supplies.
Humanitarians warned that as winter approaches, attacks on critical infrastructure will worsen the needs of the civilian population.
HRMMU said that on Thursday evening, another massive strike across the country targeting energy facilities caused power outages in several regions, including the capital, and reportedly killed a seven-year-old boy.
‘We used to have a sense of security at home, but not anymore. Drones buzz like bees and fly without a break. We cannot sleep at night or during the day. We are exhausted,” said a man evacuated from Kostiantynivka, a city in eastern Ukraine.
Since February 2022, when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, HRMMU has documented at least 14,383 civilian casualties, including 738 children, and 37,541 injuries, including 2,318 children.
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