KIEV: Nearly 7,000 civilians have been killed in the war in eastern Ukraine between government forces and Russian-backed separatists since fighting erupted in April last year, the nation’s president said on Friday.
Speaking before parliament, Petro Poroshenko said that more than 1,000 people remained unaccounted for.
The figures mark a sharp increase from the most recent United Nations tally of around 6,100 people killed. …read more
Source: The Gulf Today
