Almost 1,000 killed in Ukraine since September truce, says UN
Nearly 1,000 people have been killed in conflict-torn Ukraine since a tattered truce was signed in September - and the number of people displaced has nearly doubled, the UN said.
Nearly 1,000 people have been killed in conflict-torn Ukraine since a tattered truce was signed in September - and the number of people displaced has nearly doubled, the UN said.
On average 13 people have been killed each day during the first eight weeks since the September 5 ceasefire, with 957 deaths recorded up to November 18, the UN rights agency said.
The number registered as displaced within Ukraine soared from 275,489 in mid-September to 466,829 on Wednesday.
"The list of victims keeps growing. Civilians, including women, children, minorities and a range of vulnerable individuals and groups continue to suffer the consequences of the political stalemate in Ukraine," UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said.
Counting the 298 people who died in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine in July, the overall toll since mid-April stands at 4,317 deaths as of Tuesday, the UN rights office said.
Nearly 1,200 of those killed were Ukrainian troops, while more than 1,700 civilians and members of armed groups had been killed in Donetsk, including 22 children, and more than 850 civilians and rebels had been killed in Lugansk, including 14 children, the report said.