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UN reports uptick in civilian casualties in Ukraine
Between mid-May and mid-August 12 civilians killed, 93 injured
19 September, 17:01
(ANSA-AP) - MINSK, Belarus (AP) - The United Nations says the
number of civilian casualties in the conflict in eastern Ukraine
has surged in the past three months.
Fighting between Ukrainian government troops and Russia-backed separatists has killed more than 10,000 people since 2014. Hostilities have subsided since both sides signed a truce in 2015 but sporadic fighting persists and no progress has been made towards a political solution.
The U.N.'s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a report published Wednesday that 12 civilians were killed and 93 injured between mid-May and mid-August, which is 30 percent more than in the previous three-month period.
The U.N. said it lays the blame both on Moscow and Kiev for the uptick in hostilities. (ANSA-AP).
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Fighting between Ukrainian government troops and Russia-backed separatists has killed more than 10,000 people since 2014. Hostilities have subsided since both sides signed a truce in 2015 but sporadic fighting persists and no progress has been made towards a political solution.
The U.N.'s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a report published Wednesday that 12 civilians were killed and 93 injured between mid-May and mid-August, which is 30 percent more than in the previous three-month period.
The U.N. said it lays the blame both on Moscow and Kiev for the uptick in hostilities. (ANSA-AP).
