Russia has killed an average of six civilians a day in Ukraine over the past six months, according to a United Nations report presented in Kiev on Wednesday that puts the total number of non-military deaths at “around 10,000.”
“More than 20 months after the Russian invasion, Ukrainian civilians continue to pay a terrible price, with nearly 10,000 dead and tens of thousands injured.”This is evident from the conclusions of the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
“During the past six months, the war has caused an average of six civilian deaths per day”specifies the document.
The report highlights current issues “missile attacks on residential areas and critical infrastructure” and Russian bombing of the grain industry and agricultural infrastructure that “continues to sow fear and destruction” across Ukraine.
Among the effects of the war on the population, the UN study highlights the economic consequences that the Russian invasion had for millions of people.
Widespread torture through beatings, electric shocks, mock executions, sexual violence and other ill-treatment by Russian forces against Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians in the occupied territories is another systematic violation documented by the UN.
The report also notes the pressure faced by Ukrainian citizens in occupied territories to accept Russian citizenship, without which they are often denied access to basic services.
Male Ukrainians in these areas also face the threat of being sent to the front to fight on the Russian side against their country’s armed forces.
Another abuse exposed in the report is the forcible transfer of Ukrainian children and minors, in many cases in the care of the Ukrainian state and suffering from mental and intellectual disabilities, from one occupied territory to another. other or to the territory of the Ukrainian state. Russian Federation.
On the Ukrainian side, the report expressed concern about the nearly eight thousand criminal cases opened against alleged Russian collaborators since July this year. According to the data cited, the justice system has handed down convictions in “almost all” cases.
The suspects in many cases are people who have cooperated with Russian authorities based in Russian-occupied territories, later liberated by Ukraine, and who have agreed to cooperate with the occupiers in positions of various responsibilities.
Many of these people told UN investigators that they accepted positions offered under threats from Russian authorities.
Source: DN
