{"id":161869,"date":"2025-08-24T23:21:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T23:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/world-news-in-brief-casualties-in-ukraine-burkina-faso-aid-helicopter-blast-uganda-urged-to-release-opposition-leaders-un-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T23:21:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T23:21:19","slug":"world-news-in-brief-casualties-in-ukraine-burkina-faso-aid-helicopter-blast-uganda-urged-to-release-opposition-leaders-un-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/world-news-in-brief-casualties-in-ukraine-burkina-faso-aid-helicopter-blast-uganda-urged-to-release-opposition-leaders-un-news\/","title":{"rendered":"World News in Brief: Casualties in Ukraine, Burkina Faso aid helicopter blast, Uganda urged to release opposition leaders – UN News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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July saw the highest civilian casualties in Ukraine since May 2022, with 286 people killed and 1,388 injured, according to the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in the country (<\/span>HRMMU<\/span><\/a>). <\/span> <\/span>
The monthly total also marked a three-year high, topping June\u2019s figure, with HRMMU verifying civilian deaths and injuries in 18 of Ukraine\u2019s 24 regions.  
\u201cFor the second month in a row, the number of civilian casualties in Ukraine hits a new three-year high,\u201d said Danielle Bell, Head of HRMMU<\/a>.
\u201cOnly the first three months after the Russian Federation launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine saw more killed and injured than in this past month,\u201d she added.  
Numbers for the first seven months of 2025 were 48 per cent higher than in the same period last year.
Long-range weapons, including missiles and suicide drones, accounted for nearly 40 per cent of casualties. On 31 July, Kyiv saw its deadliest attack since the start of the full-scale invasion, with 31 people killed, including five children, when a missile struck a residential building.
Short-range drones alone caused 24 per cent of casualties, reflecting a sharp rise since mid-2024, as documented in a bulletin<\/a> published by HRMMU in June 2025.  
The steepest monthly increase came from aerial bombs, which killed 67 and injured 209 in July, compared with 114 casualties in June. Strikes hit a penal colony in Zaporizhzhia and an apartment building in Donetsk, killing at least 21 people in total.
\u201cWhether you are in a hospital or a prison, at home or at work, close to or far away from the frontline, if you are in Ukraine today, you are at risk of getting killed or injured by the war,\u201d Ms. Bell said. 
A UN chartered helicopter delivering food aid to the town of Solle in northwest Burkina Faso was caught in an explosion shortly after landing on Tuesday, injuring two people.
The aircraft, chartered by the World Food Programme (WFP<\/a>), had just unloaded humanitarian supplies when the blast occurred nearby. One crew member and a Government partner were hurt and are now receiving medical treatment.
The helicopter sustained only minor damage and was moved to safety, WFP<\/a> said. Flights to Solle have been temporarily halted while authorities investigate the incident.
In conflict-affected areas of Burkina Faso, WFP\u2019s humanitarian air operations are critical for delivering life-saving assistance to hard-to-reach communities most in need.  
WFP aims to assist 315,000 of the most vulnerable people during the lean season from June to August, when families have exhausted their food stocks.
In a statement<\/a>, WFP reaffirmed the agency\u2019s \u201cunwavering commitment to support populations in need and to reach the most remote communities with humanitarian assistance.”
The UN human rights office (OHCHR<\/a>) on Wednesday expressed serious concern at repeated denials of bail in Uganda for opposition leader Kizza Besigye and his associate Obeid Lutale.
Both individuals have been denied bail three times since they were abducted in neighbouring Kenya and returned to Uganda last November. 
In dismissing their latest request, the High Court found them ineligible for mandatory bail merely because they had been detained in civil prison for less than the 180 days required to qualify for release, a duration that did not account for their prior deprivation of liberty following their abduction and forced return.
\u201cWe urge the authorities to reconsider the decision and grant them bail, and to ensure that any legal proceedings against them are fully in line with international human rights law,\u201d said OHCHR<\/a> spokesperson Liz Throssell.
The UN human rights office in Uganda closed its operations there in 2023 after the Government decided to end cooperation with OHCHR.  
At the time, High Commission Volker T\u00fcrk expressed concern about the run-up to the 2026 elections, amid an increasingly hostile environment impacting human rights defenders, civil society actors and journalists.
Other UN human rights mechanisms also condemned laws criminalizing same-sex relations and the call for the use of the death penalty for convicted offenders. 
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