More than 6,000 civilians have been killed since Russia invaded Ukraine, and the number is likely far higher than can be counted, CNN reports from the UN human rights organization.

“As of October 18, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has recorded 15,956 civilian casualties: 6,322 killed and 9,634 injured since February 24,” Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Policy and Peacebuilding, said at Friday’s UN meetings. UN Security Council, News.ro reports. “At least 397 children died in the war,” she said.

At the same time, the UN is concerned about the destruction of critical energy infrastructure, DiCarlo said.

“Combined with rising gas and coal prices, the deprivation caused by these attacks threatens to put millions of civilians in extreme hardship and even life-threatening conditions this winter,” DiCarlo said, noting that attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure are prohibited .

According to DiCarlo, the International Independent Commission of Inquiry investigating the cases in Ukraine sent its report to the UN General Assembly this week.

“The document shows that there are reasonable grounds for concluding that war crimes and violations of human rights and international humanitarian law were committed in Ukraine,” DiCarlo said.

The commission has documented “cases of summary executions, illegal arrests, torture, ill-treatment, rape or other sexual violence committed in territories occupied by Russian armed forces,” DiCarlo added.

“The impact of these violations on the people of Ukraine is enormous — and accountability is necessary,” she continued, saying, “Accountability remains critical as new allegations of atrocities have emerged in areas recently returned to Ukrainian government control. We must not allow impunity to win.”

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