KIEV: The United Nations on Monday released a damning report accusing Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels of torturing and indiscriminately shelling civilians in the bloody conflict in the separatist east.
Its global governing body believes the eight-month conflict has killed at least 4,634 and wounded 10,234 people — although Monday’s survey suggests “the actual numbers of casualties is likely to be considerably higher”.
And it said the lives of 5.2 million residents living in the devastated region were deteriorating further with the onset of winter and a complete breakdown of local infrastructure that has left homes without water or heat.
The “situation is …read more
Source: theSun
