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Posted on February 20, 2026
1 min readLast updated: April 3, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleUN Women says more than 5,000 women and girls have been killed and 14,000 injured in Ukraine since 2022. The figures, shared in Geneva and reported by Reuters, highlight the war’s growing civilian toll.
BERLIN, Feb 20 (Reuters) - More than 5,000 women and girls have been killed in Ukraine and another 14,000 injured since Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022, Sofia Calltorp, head of UN Women in Geneva, told reporters at a briefing on Friday.
(Reporting by Kirsti Knolle, Editing by Linda Pasquini)
UN Women reports that over 5,000 women and girls have been killed and 14,000 injured in Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February 2022.
Sofia Calltorp, head of UN Women in Geneva, shared the data at a press briefing reported by Reuters on Friday, February 20, 2026.
Escalating civilian casualties heighten geopolitical risk, shaping sanctions, energy markets, and investor sentiment toward European assets and global risk premiums.
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