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Ukrainian police: More than 12,000 civilians killed in war so far
More than 12,000 civilians have been killed so far in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the chief of Ukraine's police, Ihor Klymenko, said in a Monday interview with the news agency Interfax-Ukraine.
He said that Seventy-five per cent of the victims were men, 2% were children and the remaining 23% were women.
"These are civilians, these people had nothing to do with the army or law enforcement," Klymenko emphasized. So far, 1,200 of the victims have not been identified yet.
The Anews reported, citing the DPA, More than 1,500 bodies were found in the area around the capital, Kiev, after Russian troops retreated at the end of March. The discovery of mass graves and tied-up corpses in the suburb of Bucha caused an international outcry.
It should be noted that the UN has so far recorded 4,300 civilian deaths. Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24.
Ukraine said on Monday (June 13) that its forces have been pushed back from the center of the eastern city of Severodonetsk, where fighting with Russia has raged for weeks.
Ukrainian forces pushed back from center of Severodonetsk
Three civilians were killed by shelling in Lysychansk, across a river from Severodonetsk, in the last 24 hours, including a six-year-old boy.
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