The number of confirmed deaths caused by the war was 12,800 – 13,000 as of the end of 2018 . By mid-May 2019 , the UN confirmed 3,331 civilians had been killed in the conflict . 312 of the civilian deaths were foreigners : 298 passengers and crew of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 , 11 Russian journalists , an Italian journalist , one Russian civilian killed in cross-border shelling and a Lithuanian diplomat
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
War in Donbass