UN Reports Uptick in Civilian Casualties in Ukraine

The United Nations says the number of civilian casualties in the conflict in eastern Ukraine has surged in the past three months. Fighting between Ukrainian government troops and Russia-backed separatists has killed more than 10,000 people since 2014. Hostilities have subsided since both sides signed a truce in 2015 but sporadic fighting persists and no progress has been made towards a political solution. The U.N.'s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a report...

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