The death toll from nine months of violence in Ukraine has exceeded 5,000, the United Nations said Friday, and there are fears that the number could be “considerably higher.” Nearly 11,000 people have been wounded in the ongoing battles.
A surge in fighting between Russia-backed rebels and Ukrainian government forces since January 13 has led to 262 deaths in nine days, the U.N. human rights office said on Friday.
“This has been the most deadly period since the declaration of a cease-fire on September 5,” Rupert Colville, spokesman for the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, said on Friday.
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Source: Newsweek
