OHCHR records 45 civilian casualties in Donbas in February-May 2019 – report

Head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine Ms. Fiona Frazer stated this while presenting a report on the human rights situation in Ukraine between February 16 and May 15, 2019, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"Between 16 February and 15 May 2019, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recorded 45 conflict-related civilian casualties: 10 killed and 35 injured, a 181 per cent increase compared with the previous reporting period of 16 November 2018 to 15 February 2019 when 16 civilian casualties (two killed and 14 injured) were recorded,” the report says.

As the same time, the reporting period saw the lowest number of civilian casualties compared with same calendar periods (mid-February to mid-May) from 2015 to 2018.

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