Death Toll in Ukraine Fighting Surpasses 6,000
Published at(GENEVA) — More than 6,000 people have been killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine, according to the United Nations’ Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
The fighting has brought with it “merciless devastation of civilian lives and infrastructure,” U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said in a press release. “More than six thousand lives have now been lost in less than a year due to the fighting in eastern Ukraine.”
Zeid called for both sides of the dispute to honor the Minsk agreements, which called for a cease-fire.
The situation, which calmed somewhat in December, “dramatically deteriorated” in the last two months, the OHCHR report said.
“The human rights situation in Ukraine remains grave,” Zeid said in a release. “Should this trend continue, this would represent a new and very deadly chapter in this conflict, expanding the areas where the rule of law and the protection of human rights are effectively absent.”
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