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Ukrainian authorities reported eight civilians killed and 35 others injured in a Russian attack on the town of Dnipro on Mondaywhile Russian authorities reported at least six people killed as a result of Ukrainian attacks on Russian and Russian-controlled territory over the weekend.
Moscow began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, eight years after annexing the Crimean Peninsula.
The UN has repeatedly and unequivocally condemned Russia’s large-scale invasion, many times over General Assembly resolution demanding that Russia withdraw its troops while the UN and its partners continue providing assistance essential humanitarian assistance.
The latest civilian casualties came as Russia and Ukraine stepped up attacks on critical energy infrastructure. Russian authorities reported on Sunday that Ukrainian forces set fire to a major oil refinery, which could worsen fuel shortages in Russia.
Meanwhile, Russian armed forces targeted energy facilities across Ukraine during the winter of 2025-2026, causing emergency power outages affecting millions of Ukrainian civilians, according to the UN human rights office (OHCHR) report released on Monday.
The attacks targeted electricity and heating
The OHCHR report said that Russian attacks had destroyed energy generation, transmission and distribution facilities during the frigid winter months.
“The loss of electricity and heating during the winter impacts people’s health, safety, and ability to maintain a decent standard of livingespecially for senior citizens, people with disabilities, and families with children,” said Danielle Bell, Head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, in a statement. press release.
Titled report Attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and recent developments in the human rights situation in Ukrainefound it Russia carried out at least 423 attacks on power generation, transmission and distribution facilities, as well as at least 74 attacks on centralized heating infrastructure.which supplies heating and hot water to most urban households in Ukraine.
The Russian offensive left hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian civilians without access to heating during the country’s coldest winter since 2010.
Due to the severity of the damage, the OHCHR said it would be impossible to fully restore energy generation capacity next winter, meaning that civilians may face cold weather once again.
The civilian death toll increased
The report also documents increasing civilian casualties, continued abuses against prisoners of war, and ongoing restrictions on basic rights in Russian-occupied territories.
The report details 1,272 civilians killed and 6,871 injured in Ukraine from December 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026, a 40 percent increase from the same period the previous year. Long-range missile and drone attacks remain the main cause of civilian casualties, according to the report.
“Our findings highlight some very worrying trends: sustained attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure over the winter, increased civilian casualties across Ukraine, continued torture and ill-treatment of prisoners of war, and continued restrictions on basic rights in the occupied territoriessaid Ms. Bell.
The increased use of short-range drones near frontline areas has increased risks to civilians, hampered evacuations and humanitarian operations, and increased the isolation of some communities, OHCHR said.
Abuses against prisoners of war
This report highlights serious violations against Russian and Ukrainian prisoners of warbased on 1,926 interviews with victims and witnesses.
Nearly all Ukrainian prisoners of war interviewed for the report described torture, beatings, sexual violence, electric shocks and denial of medical care by Russian forces. Meanwhile, most Russian prisoners of war held in Ukraine also reported torture or ill-treatment.
OHCHR recommends that Russia and Ukraine strengthen protection of civilians, ensure accountability and restore critical infrastructure.
“All prisoners of war must be treated humanely and in accordance with international humanitarian law,” said the OHCHR press release.
In Russia’s occupied territories, the report documents restrictions on freedom of expression and other fundamental freedoms, torture, forced conscription, and a ban on Ukrainian curricula in schools. OHCHR continues to request access to the occupied territories for independent monitoring.
UN agencies took action
Four years after the full-scale invasion began, UN agencies continue to send food parcels and medical supplies to frontline areas, deploy emergency personnel and mobile clinics, distribute trauma equipment to most Ukrainian cities, and support health and sanitation programs for Ukrainian civilians affected by the conflict.
