UN says 249 civilians were killed and 553 injured in Ukraine in first week of the conflict
A woman sits in a tent as people take shelter in the Dorohozhychi subway station that has been turned into a bomb shelter in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 2 2022. Picture: CHRIS MCGRATHE/GETTY IMAGES
The UN human rights office said on Thursday that it had confirmed 249 civilians have been killed and 553 injured in Ukraine during the first week of the conflict. The toll, through to midnight on Wednesday, rose from the 227 deaths and 525 injured in its previous report a day ago. Rubble and a damaged vehicle on a street in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 2 2022. Picture: CHRIS MCGRATH/GETTY IMAGES
In Borodyanka, a small town 60km northwest of Kyiv where locals had repelled a Russian assault, burnt out hulks of destroyed Russian armour were scattered on a highway, surrounded by buildings blasted into ruins. Flames from one burning apartment building lit up the predawn sky.“They started shooting from their APC towards the park in front of the post office,” a man recounted in the apartment where he was sheltering with his family, referring to a Russian armoured personnel carrier.
Footage from a car dashboard camera, verified by Reuters, showed buildings in a residential area in Chernihiv hit by apparent missiles. The street was engulfed in a fireball and a huge cloud of black smoke rose into the sky.
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