LUGANSK, June 20 (Lugansk Media Centre) – The civilian death toll has reached at least 3,023, Fiona Frazer, the head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, said at a news breefing today in Kiev.
"During the entire conflict period, from 14 April 2014 to 15 May 2018, at least 2,725 civilians have been killed: 1,568 men, 961 women, 93 boys, 47 girls and 56 adults whose sex is unknown. An additional 298 civilians, including 80 children, were killed by the downing of flight MH17 on 17 July 2014, bringing the total death toll on civilians to at least 3,023. OHCHR estimates the total number of conflict-related civilian injuries to be between 7,000 and 9,000," the report she presented said.
OHCHR documented five incidents where civilians "may have been intentionally targeted, which if proven, could constitute a war crime", Frazer said. Four of the cases were related to the Donetsk water treatment plant (DFS, security of staff provided by the DPR forces) staff.
From 16 February to 15 May 2018, OHCHR recorded 81 civilian casualties (19 killed and 62 injured).
