Servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kyiv region. File photoGENEVA, May 19.The number of civilians killed or injured in Ukraine and Donbass has exceeded 8,000 since February 24, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Thursday. ), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recorded 8,089 civilian deaths or injuries in the country: 3,811 dead and 4,278 injured,» the statement said.
The UN predicted an increase in the number of people in the world who are threatened with famine. On the territory controlled by the DPR and LPR, 126 people were killed and 502 were injured. and Zhytomyr regions, which were under government control at the time of the losses, killed 1,712 civilians and injured 1,955 civilians. artillery and multiple launch rocket systems, as well as rocket and air strikes.» UNHCHR believes that the real numbers are much higher, as many reports from places where such incidents have occurred still require additional confirmation, while obtaining information from some places where hostilities continue is delayed,» the Directorate added. UN.Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. -sid=»rian_photo» class=»lazyload» width=»1920″ height=»1080″ decoding=»async» sizes=»(min-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw» src=»https://cdnn21.img .ria.ru/images/07e6/04/1a/1785601010_0:0:3482:1960_1920x0_80_0_0_380545fe69d7da00ebcfb188a0314194.jpg» srcset=»data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22.org/http 2000/svg%22%20width=%221920%22%20height=%221080%22%3E%3C/svg%3E 100w «data-srcset=»https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/07e6/04/1a/1785601010_0:0:3482:1960_640x0_80_0_0_59b32fc31a4f4ac1dfb33417b6652b9b.jpg 640w,https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/07e6/04/1a/1785601010_0:0:3482:1960_1280x0_80_0_0_8439279a20aad28382919fd4b9e2ea5e.jpg 1280w,https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/07e6/04/1a/1785601010_0:0:3482:1960_1920x0_80_0_0_380545fe69d7da00ebcfb188a0314194.jpg 1920w burning fire in Ukraine
