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Kyiv: condemned by the United Nations civil The cost incurred by Russia war In Ukraine, where fighting has passed the 500-day mark, with no end to the conflict in sight.
More than 9,000 civilians, including 500 children, have been killed since the Russian invasion on February 24, 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) said in a statement on Friday. And Representatives have previously said the true number is likely to be much higher.
“Today we mark another milestone in a war that continues to exact a horrific toll on civilians in Ukraine,” Noel Calhoun, deputy head of the Ukraine Human Resources Management Unit, said in a statement marking 500 days since the invasion.
Observers noted that while the number of casualties this year was lower on average than in 2022, the number began to rise again in May and June.
On June 27, 13 civilians, including four children, were killed in a missile attack on Kramatorsk, in eastern Ukraine.
Away from the front line in the western city of Lviv, at least five people were killed and 37 wounded during the dawn bombardment Thursday, which the mayor described as the biggest attack on civilian infrastructure since the invasion began.
Unesco said the attack was also the first in an area protected under the World Heritage Convention and damaged a historic building.
Russia regularly bombards Ukraine with air attacks, including indiscriminate artillery and missile fire that have been particularly deadly. The strikes also targeted infrastructure and supply lines, depriving civilians of electricity and water.
The cities of Bucha and Mariupol became synonymous with Russian atrocities last year, after reports and images of massacres there shocked the world and sparked allegations of war crimes and even genocide.
In the once-sleepy town of Bucha, AFP journalists saw street after street strewn with corpse in plain clothes in April.
Satellite images later showed that several bodies had been lying in the street since mid-March, when the city was under Russian control, while Ukrainian authorities said hundreds of people had been killed in Bucha by forces retreating to Moscow.
More than 9,000 civilians, including 500 children, have been killed since the Russian invasion on February 24, 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) said in a statement on Friday. And Representatives have previously said the true number is likely to be much higher.
“Today we mark another milestone in a war that continues to exact a horrific toll on civilians in Ukraine,” Noel Calhoun, deputy head of the Ukraine Human Resources Management Unit, said in a statement marking 500 days since the invasion.
Observers noted that while the number of casualties this year was lower on average than in 2022, the number began to rise again in May and June.
On June 27, 13 civilians, including four children, were killed in a missile attack on Kramatorsk, in eastern Ukraine.
Away from the front line in the western city of Lviv, at least five people were killed and 37 wounded during the dawn bombardment Thursday, which the mayor described as the biggest attack on civilian infrastructure since the invasion began.
Unesco said the attack was also the first in an area protected under the World Heritage Convention and damaged a historic building.
Russia regularly bombards Ukraine with air attacks, including indiscriminate artillery and missile fire that have been particularly deadly. The strikes also targeted infrastructure and supply lines, depriving civilians of electricity and water.
The cities of Bucha and Mariupol became synonymous with Russian atrocities last year, after reports and images of massacres there shocked the world and sparked allegations of war crimes and even genocide.
In the once-sleepy town of Bucha, AFP journalists saw street after street strewn with corpse in plain clothes in April.
Satellite images later showed that several bodies had been lying in the street since mid-March, when the city was under Russian control, while Ukrainian authorities said hundreds of people had been killed in Bucha by forces retreating to Moscow.
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