Ukraine.- Russian bombings have left dozens dead this Saturday in several Ukrainian cities, according to information from local authorities.
The mayor of Mikolaev, Alexander Senkevich, reported a bombardment launched from the Kherson region that would have caused “dozens” of fatalities. According to the mayor, there was no time to activate the anti-aircraft alarm.
Some of the deceased are military, some media speak of 40, but around kyiv at least 7 civilians have died and five have been hospitalized after the Russians, according to the kyiv Regional Police, bombed residential areas.
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Attacks on residential areas have also been reported in the Donezk region, according to the regional police. Also Mariupol, Avdiivka, Kramatorsk, Pokrovsk, Novoselydivka, Verkhnotoretske, Krymka and Stepne were attacked by the Russian occupation forces.
The Russian military bombarded towns and villages with planes, rockets and heavy artillery, including the use of banned cluster weapons, according to Ukrainian authorities.
Nearly 850 Ukrainian civilians have been killed and 1,400 injured as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion, according to the latest updated balance sheet from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, released on Saturday.
“From 04:00 on February 24, when the armed attack of the Russian Federation against Ukraine began, until 0:00 on March 18, the High Commissioner has recorded 2,246 civilian casualties in Ukraine: 847 dead and 1,399 wounded,” according to the report. .
The deceased have been identified as 155 men, 119 women, 21 boys and seven girls, as well as 36 children and 509 adults pending identification. The injured have been identified as 142 men, 107 women, 18 girls and nine boys, as well as 51 children and 1,072 adults pending identification.
Killed by control zones
By control zones, the United Nations estimates 607 dead and 671 wounded in territory still controlled by the Ukrainian government, to which must be added 187 dead and 547 wounded in the areas under its control in the disputed regions of Donetsk and Lugansk, in the East of the country. In the area under the control of the militias of these self-proclaimed republics, the UN has confirmed 234 casualties (53 dead and 181 wounded).
The United Nations notes that the majority of civilian casualties were caused by the use of “wide impact area” explosive weapons, through heavy artillery, the use of rocket platforms, as well as air strikes.
The UN points out that the real figures “are considerably higher, especially in the territory controlled by the Government and especially in recent days”, due to the lack of information from some places where intense hostilities have occurred and many details of casualties ” They are still pending verification.”
The United Nations also “takes note” of the report by the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office, according to which as of 8:00 am (local time) on March 19, 112 children had died and 140 had been injured.
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In addition, it also acknowledges the existence of a report by the National Police of the Kharkov region, according to which at 18:00 (local time) on March 18, the total number of civilian casualties in the Kharkov region was 263 civilian deaths. including four children.
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