Fri 03 June 2022:
The UN has confirmed 9,151 civilian casualties in Ukraine from the start of the conflict on February 24 until June 2.
This includes 4,169 people killed and 4,982 injured, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said in its latest civilian casualty update, noting that the actual figures are likely “considerably higher”.
“Most of the civilian casualties recorded were caused by the use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area, including shelling from heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket systems, and missile and air strikes,” the OHCHR said.
Some 70 Luhansk schools, 33 hospitals and 237 clinics destroyed in 100 days: Governor
In the 100 days of Russia’s invasion, more than 400km of roads have been damaged and almost 70 schools and 50 kindergartens destroyed in Luhansk, its governor says.
Haidai said in a Telegram post that the price the region has paid included “33 hospitals and 237 rural outpatient clinics equipped with the latest medical equipment”.
“Today, all this is destroyed by enemy artillery, and angiographs, ultrasound and CT scanners are being taken to the ‘People’s Republic’,” he added, speaking of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic established by Russian-backed separatist forces in the region and recognised by Russia as an independent state.
“Our grandfathers and great-grandfathers are buried on this earth, our children were born here. Therefore, until our last breath, we will fight for the freedom, unity and prosperity of our small homeland,” Haidai said.
Some 50 embassies resume work in Kyiv: Zelenskyy
Approximately 50 embassies have resumed work in Kyiv, Zelenskyy has said.
“More and more embassies resume their full-fledged activities in Kyiv. As of today, there are already 50 of them,” he said, adding this wasn’t only important on a diplomatic, but also a symbolic, level.
“Every new embassy that returns to our capital is a testament to the faith in our victory. Faith that Ukraine will be able to defend its statehood in this war unleashed on our land by the Russian Federation,” he added.
Zelenskyy has urged the country’s Western allies to provide more weapons to help Ukraine reach an “inflexion point” and prevail in the war.
Zelenskyy told Luxembourg’s parliament via video link that Russian forces now occupied about a fifth of Ukrainian territory, as the invasion entered its 100th day on Friday.
During a separate address to a forum in Slovakia, Zelenskyy said more weapons supplies would “ensure an inflexion point in this confrontation” in Ukraine’s favour.
SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES
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