At least 293 civilians were killed, and 1,990 were injured across Ukraine in June 2026, marking it the highest monthly civilian casualty toll recorded since the early phases of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in April 2022.The figures came from the Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine’s (HRMMU) latest “Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict” report, which tracks casualties and infrastructure damage across the country each month. According to the mission, June’s death toll marked a 10% increase compared to May, when 282 civilians were killed and 1,794 injured, and a 37% rise compared with June 2025, when 249 were killed and 1,416 injured.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.“In June, long-range weapons [powerful missiles with area-wide effects and drones] remained the leading cause of civilian casualties, accounting for 45% of the total,” the statement reads, adding that “most casualties from these weapons occurred far from the frontline in urban centres such as Kyiv and Dnipro.”Casualties nearly double 2024 levels – most deaths in government-held territoryThe monthly rise fits a broader pattern that has defined the first half of 2026. Over the first six months of the year, civilian casualties reached 1,396 killed and 7,978 injured, according to the mission. That figure is 37% higher than the same period in 2025, when 1,122 people were killed and 5,734 injured, and 114% higher than in 2024, when 940 were killed and 3,442 injured. The consistency of the increased civilian death toll suggests the escalation is not an isolated spike but a progressive shift in the intensity and reach of attacks on populated areas and civilian infrastructure, such as residential buildings and schools.