The UN Human Rights Office warned this Thursday about a new escalation in the war between Ukraine and Russia, and denounced recent attacks launched by both sides that caused numerous civilian victims, including deaths and injuries.

Regarding Russia, the organization said that between the 13th and 14th of this month, in one of the many attacks launched by this country in recent weeks, a residential building was hit in kyiv, causing 24 people to die and dozens to be injured.

Regarding Ukraine, he explained that his experts analyzed available public information indicating that the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a week later “a significant attack” against an educational complex in Starobilsk (in the Ukrainian territory occupied by Russia), when it was in operation.

The result was that numerous civilians were killed, including students and 18 women, the Human Rights Office said, without specifying the total number of victims.

In this context, the high commissioner for human rights, Volker Türk, warned of a possible worsening of the conflict amid Russia's threats to further intensify attacks.

“He urged both sides to return to the negotiating table, to containment, to resume negotiations and to end the suffering,” the UN human rights chief said.

According to the entity he heads, in the first four months of 2026, the number of civilians killed or injured in Ukraine was 21 percent higher than in the same period of 2025 (815 dead and 4,174 injured in 2026, compared to 682 dead and 3,453 injured in 2025).

The vast majority of victims occurred in territory controlled by Ukraine.

Türk insisted that international humanitarian law requires that the parties to the conflict take all possible precautions to avoid harm to the civilian population, and that this is not a simple suggestion or recommendation, but rather an obligation that, if breached, entails legal responsibility for those involved.

Ukraine attacks Regional Court 500 kilometers east of Moscow with drones

Ukraine attacked the Regional Court of the city of Nizhny Novgorod, located 500 kilometers east of Moscow, with drones this Thursday, according to local governor Gleb Nikitin.

“In Nizhny Novgorod the headquarters of the Regional Court was damaged,” he wrote on Telegram. Nikitin indicated that “this morning the Nizhny Novgorod region was attacked by drones, several were shot down.” “According to previous data there are no victims (…),” he explained.

Russia launched a Kinzhal missile and 147 drones against Ukraine last night

During the night of Wednesday and early Thursday morning, the Russian Army launched 147 long-distance drones and a Kinzhal hypersonic missile against Ukrainian territory that could not be intercepted by the Ukrainian air defenses, according to the Ukrainian Air Force in its part of the attack, which had, among other objectives, the southern region of Odessa.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed last night that he has sent letters to his counterpart Donald Trump and the US Congress asking to accelerate the sale to Ukraine of PAC-3 missiles for Patriot systems, as previously published by local media.

Odessa Governor Oleg Kiper said the southern part of the region was targeted by Russian drones, which hit a house and unspecified infrastructure. Kiper explained that the attack against the region caused no casualties.

Russia and Ukraine exchange attacks against each other's rears almost every night. Energy infrastructures are one of the priority objectives of this type of attacks from both sides.