More than 2,000 civilians were killed or injured in Ukraine in May, making it the deadliest month for civilians since April 2022, the U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) reported on June 12.

The mission verified at least 274 civilian deaths and 1,763 injuries during the month, the highest monthly casualty toll recorded in the past four years.

“The intensification of hostilities and the increasingly frequent use of powerful weapons in urban areas led to high numbers of civilians killed and injured across the country,” Danielle Bell, head of the HRMMU, said in a statement.

Among the deadliest incidents documented by the mission in May were a May 5 strike on an industrial area in Zaporizhzhia that killed 12 civilians and injured 42, and a May 14 missile strike on a residential building in Kyiv that killed 24 civilians and injured at least seven others.

The U.N. said the increase continued a seasonal pattern of rising civilian casualties during the spring and summer months, but noted that casualty levels in 2026 are significantly higher than in previous years.

“The harm documented was not confined to communities near the front line,” Bell said. “In cities across Ukraine, repeated missile and aerial bomb attacks killed and injured civilians far from areas of active ground combat.”

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