Fri 11 March 2022:
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) has confirmed the deaths of 564 civilians in Ukraine since February 24, including 41 children.
The real toll is thought to be considerably higher since it has not yet been able to corroborate reports from areas where intense hostilities are ongoing, OHCHR said.
Most died from the use of explosive weapons, including heavy artillery shelling, missile and air strikes, it added.
Over ‘2.5M refugees’ from Ukraine
The number of refugees fleeing Ukraine since Russia launched its attacks on its neighbour has crossed 2.5 million, the UN refugee agency said.
“The UN estimates that there are now at least 2 million internally displaced people,” in Ukraine, UNHCR spokesman Matthew Saltmarsh said at a news conference at Ukraine’s border with Poland.
“The total number of refugees has just passed 2.5 million … an unprecedented flow of people in Europe, certainly the most since the World War II.”
SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES
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