UN Assistant Secretary General for Politics and Peacebuilding Rosemary DiCarlo said that since the first day of the Ukrainian-Russian war, 10,382 people have been killed and 19,659 injured.
On Feb. 3, DiCarlo addressed the UN Security Council, which met at the request of the Moscow administration following an attack on the Russian-controlled town of Lysichansk in Ukraine’s Luhansk region that killed 28 people.
She stated that Russian attacks have intensified in recent weeks in regions under Ukrainian control.
“Last week there was a significant increase in violence, and more than 570 settlements, especially in the Zaporozhye region, were targeted. At least 12 civilians were killed and 60 were injured in the attacks,” said DiCarlo.
She stated that according to the data of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), since the beginning of the war in February 2022, 10,382 people, including 579 children, have lost their lives in Ukraine, and 19,659 people, including 1,285 children, have been injured in various ways.
She pointed out that civilian casualties in Ukraine, which had a downward trend during 2023, “started to rise again significantly” since December.
“I must emphasize once again that attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure, wherever they occur, are against international law. They are unacceptable and must be stopped immediately,” DiCarlo said.
She reminded that the war in Ukraine will enter its third year in about two weeks.
DiCarlo added that there are no signs yet that this war, which has caused millions of Ukrainians to flee their country, is “coming to an end.”, AA writes.
