Civilian casualties in Ukraine rose in May and are expected to exceed April’s toll, a senior UN official said, warning that the war is becoming increasingly deadly for civilians as fighting intensifies. According to remarks delivered by UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo at a UN Security Council meeting on Monday, preliminary data suggests the number of civilian casualties recorded in May surpassed those documented in April.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. “There are no signs of a slowdown,” DiCarlo said. DiCarlo said the war is now claiming more civilian lives than at any point since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. “With each subsequent year of the war, more civilians are being killed than in the previous one,” she said. “It is evident to all that the conflict is intensifying.” The UN official said Russia continues to carry out long-range missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, with some of the largest aerial attacks occurring in recent months, fueling concerns of further escalation. May saw some of the heaviest bombardments on Ukraine since the start of the war. Between May 13 and 14, Russia launched over 1,500 drones and 56 missiles in a 24-hour period, marking its largest bombardment to date. Subsequent strikes often involved more than 600 drones and around 60 missiles in a single wave.