8,006 confirmed civilian deaths: The heavy toll of Russia’s war in Ukraine one year on

Here are some of the numbers as Friday marks one year since Russian forces invaded Ukraine

Internally displaced people look out from a bus at a refugee centre in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, on March 25, 2022 (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP/PA)

Quantifying the toll of Russia’s war in Ukraine remains an elusive goal a year into the conflict.

Estimates of the casualties, refugees and economic fallout from the war produce an incomplete picture of the deaths and suffering. Precise figures may never emerge for some of the categories international organisations are attempting to track.