An average of 13 people are dying each day in the Ukraine conflict despite the existence of a peace agreement, according to the United Nations.
The New York Times reports that fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels in the country’s east has claimed 1,357 lives since the “ceasefire” deal in early September. More than 4,700 people have been killed since hostilities began earlier this year.
The UN report provides a harrowing account of conditions in the separatist enclaves in eastern Ukraine:
The situation around the self-proclaimed People’s Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, under the control of pro-Russian armed groups, has been characterized …read more
Source: The Washington Free Beacon
