More than 7,000 civilians have died in the war in Ukraine, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights revealed in a statement on Tuesday - the bloody conflict, which began on February 24, 2022, has already resulted in 18,358 civilian casualties, including 7,031 dead and 11,327 wounded.

Of the total civilian deaths, 2,472 were men, 1,764 were women and almost 2,000 were labeled as adults whose sex was unknown. There were more than 400 deaths of minors, including 221 boys, 177 girls and 35 children, according to the organization.

"Most of the civilian casualties recorded were caused by the use of explosive weapons with wide-area effects, including heavy artillery shelling, multiple launch rocket attacks and air strikes," said the OHCHR, quoted by Multi News.

The figures presented by the OHCHR are those possible, with officials believing that the real civilian figures "are considerably higher", as the retrieval of information from areas of intense combat has been delayed while other reports await confirmation.

Areas where information was affected include Mariupol, Izium and others where there were allegations of numerous civilian casualties, OHCHR said, pointing out that the vast majority of deaths occurred in areas of the country controlled by Kiev, with only 495 civilians killed on Ukrainian territory under the command of the Russian armed forces.

In 2023 there have already been 104 civilian deaths in Ukraine, with another 284 people injured, with 97% of the casualties resulting from explosive weapons - the remaining 3% were caused by mines and explosive remnants of war.