351 civilians killed in Ukraine since February 24, UN says

At least 351 civilians are confirmed to have been killed in Ukraine since Russian troops invaded on February 24, and another 707 wounded, a UN monitoring mission said on Saturday.

Although, the monitors from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said the exact number of casualties would be higher, reports Reuters.

Most of the civilian casualties were caused by explosive weapons with a wide impact area, including shelling from heavy artillery and multi-launch rocket systems, and from missile and airstrikes, monitors from the OHCHR said.

"OHCHR believes that the real figures are considerably higher, especially in Government-controlled territory and especially in recent days, as the receipt of information from some locations where intensive hostilities have been going on was delayed and many reports were still pending corroboration," it said.

The mission said hundreds of civilian casualties alleged in the town of Volnovakha - where attempts were under way to open a safe evacuation corridor through encircling Russian forces - were yet to be corroborated.