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A senior UN official told the Security Council on November 9 that Russian attacks killed 328 Ukrainian civilians and injured 2,105 in September, 85 percent more than a year earlier. Kayoko Gotoh, who heads the UN's Europe and Central Asia political division, said UN figures confirm 17,968 civilian deaths and 57,713 injuries since February 2022. Between January and September 2026, 2,570 civilians were killed, a 59 percent rise on the same period in 2025. Preliminary data suggested October casualties were just as high, and Gotoh said the pace appeared not to be abating. She cited a glide bomb attack on a humanitarian shelter in Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia region, on November 3 that killed 55 people, and a strike that day on a Kharkiv hospital complex that injured at least 73. Kyiv Post reported that in-country observers believe actual Ukrainian casualty counts are significantly higher than Gotoh's figures. Russia's UN envoy, Vassily Nebenzia, did not directly challenge the figures in his November 9 reply.