Ukraine-Russia, new drone strike by Moscow today, October 5, 223, on the southern regions of Odessa and Mykolaiv and on the central region of Kirohovrad. The General Staff of the Kiev Armed Forces announced that Ukrainian air defense shot down 24 of the 29 Shahed aircraft that took off on its territory during the night. Russia “continues its attempts to destroy the port and other infrastructure in the south, and also spreads terror in the central regions,” the Ukrainian Air Force said in a statement.
UN, 10,000 civilians have been killed since the invasion began
Since the Russian invasion began in February 2022, around 10,000 civilians have been killed and tens of thousands injured in Ukraine. This is the estimate of the number of casualties in the population contained in the report by the UN human rights monitoring mission Unite. According to this, the violence of the fighting in recent months between February and July of this year has left an average of six dead and 20 injured every day. “The war has devastated the lives of millions of Ukrainians, including children, who will have to live for many years with a terrible legacy of human loss, physical destruction and environmental damage, particularly contamination from explosive remnants of war,” said Danielle Bell. Head of Mission.
The war – the UN denounces – has caused millions of Ukrainians to fall below the poverty line, a situation exacerbated by Russian attacks on agricultural infrastructure or the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in June, which had serious consequences, including floods to an environmental disaster, became even worse “Will have a long-term negative impact on the people living in the region.” Mission observers reported Russian missile attacks on civilians and agricultural facilities, as well as torture, ill-treatment, mock executions, sexual violence and arbitrary detention.
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