Over 5,700 civilians killed as Russia-Ukraine struggle marks 200 days: Report | World News

It has been precisely 200 days because the Russian forces launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24. On Sunday, Ukraine's military chief normal Valeriy Zaluzhnyi mentioned his forces stored pushing north within the Kharkiv area and advancing to its south and east. On Saturday, their fast positive factors made Russia abandon its most important bastion within the space.

Nevertheless, individuals in Ukraine have confronted a catastrophic human rights disaster within the final 200 days. The Kyiv Impartial, an English-language Ukrainian on-line newspaper, reported that thus far, 5,767 Ukrainian civilians, together with 383 youngsters, have been killed, whereas 31,814 struggle crimes by Russia have been underneath investigation.

The report, citing the workplace of UN Excessive Commissioner for Human Rights, the president's workplace, prosecutor normal's workplace, added that Russia reported 2 million civilians illegally to Ukraine, whereas 8,292 civilians have been injured throughout this era. Russia additionally fired 3,500 missiles because the starting of the struggle, it reported.

The report additionally famous that Ukraine does not publish its navy casualties. The variety of civilian casualties is predicted to be increased because it does not embody information from the areas with heavy hostilities or these occupied by Russia.

President Zelensky hails Ukraine's advance

President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed Ukraine's advance within the northeast Kharkiv province as a possible breakthrough within the six-month-old struggle, saying this winter might convey extra fast positive factors of territory if Kyiv can get extra highly effective weapons.

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"Within the Kharkiv route, we started to advance not solely to the south and east, but additionally to the north. There are 50 km to go to the state border (with Russia)," Common Zaluzhnyi mentioned on Telegram.

He mentioned the nation's armed forces have regained management of greater than 3,000 sq. km (1,158 sq. miles) because the starting of this month.

In Moscow, Russia's defence ministry mentioned on Sunday that Russian forces have been hitting Ukrainian military positions within the Kharkiv area with precision strikes delivered by airborne troops, missiles and artillery.

Putin discusses Ukrainian nuclear plant with Macron

Putin on Sunday warned his French counterpart of the potential "catastrophic penalties" of what he mentioned have been Ukrainian assaults on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant in a Russian-controlled space of Ukraine.

Throughout a phone name with Emmanuel Macron, Putin "drew consideration to common Ukrainian assaults on (Zaporizhzhia nuclear) services, together with a radioactive waste storage facility, which is fraught with catastrophic penalties," the Kremlin mentioned in an announcement.

(With inputs from Reuters, AFP)