“What is especially alarming is both the magnitude of the civilian casualties and the extent of the territory affected in just a few days,”said Danielle Bell, director of HRMMU.
Several cities affected
The attacks hit cities and towns across the country, including Zaporizhzhia, Kramatorsk and regions of western Ukraine.
On Tuesday, aerial bombs reportedly hit an industrial area in Zaporizhzhya, killing at least 12 people and wounding 46.
On the same day, attacks in central areas of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region were reported to have killed at least six people and injured 13 others.
HRMMU said Many of the attacks occurred during the day in densely populated urban areas.contributing to the high number of civilian victims.
“Many of the civilians killed and injured were carrying out ordinary civilian activities – getting around, working, shopping, walking or responding to previous attacks,” Ms Bell said. “In such circumstances, harm to civilians is foreseeable.”
First responders at risk
Emergency workers and first responders were also among the dead and injured.
In the Poltava region, two emergency workers were killed when a second attack hit a gas extraction facility that had already been attacked during the night of May 4-5. In Kherson, medical staff were reportedly attacked by a short-range drone while helping people affected by a previous attack.
Under international humanitarian law, every combatant is obliged to take all possible measures to minimize civilian casualtiesincluding considering both the timing of the attacks and the type of weapon to be used, HRMMU said.
Humanitarian efforts continue
Despite the insecurity, humanitarian convoys continued to reach the most affected communities near the front lines.
The UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said Aid convoys delivered medicines, hygiene items, solar lamps and construction materials to residents of Donetsk and Kharkiv regions over the past two days..
So far this year, the UN and its partners have carried out 20 humanitarian convoys, reaching almost 22,000 highly vulnerable people along the frontlines.