According to the July 13, 2022 situation report from the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the war in Ukraine continues to shatter the lives of millions of people across the country, as reports of new attacks emerge, and the fighting escalates in the east.

Fierce fighting in the east and deadly missile strikes brought more destruction and devastating impact on the people of Ukraine in several oblasts of the country in the past week. A strike on Chasiv Yar in the Government-controlled part of eastern Donetska oblast on 9 July hit a municipal dormitory for vulnerable people. By 12 July, local authorities confirmed that 34 people, including a child, had been killed, and nine injured civilians had been rescued from under the collapsed building. 

The frequency and severity of civilian attacks have intensified on both sides of the front line and in different parts of the country, particularly in eastern Luhanska and Kharkivska and south-eastern Zaporizka oblasts. According to humanitarian sources and authorities, heavy shelling and more than 160 civilian casualties were reported on both sides in Donetska oblast from 8 to 11 July. Multiple-launch rocket system fire reportedly resulted in more than 35 civilian casualties in the eastern city of Kharkiv on 11 July, when several residential buildings, a shopping centre and other civilian buildings were struck. Several residential buildings, a shopping centre and other civilian buildings were reportedly struck the eastern city of Kharkiv on 11 July, causing more than 35 civilian casualties, according to the local authorities.

Almost five months since the escalation of the international armed conflict in the Ukraine, deadly shelling and missile attacks continue, causing destruction, civilian injuries and deaths. As of of 12 July, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recorded 11,554 civilian casualties in the country: 5,024 killed – including 343 children – and 6,520 injured. OHCHR notes that the actual figures are likely considerably higher. OHCHR reports that most of the civilian casualties recorded were caused by the use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area, including shelling from heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket systems, and missile and air strikes.