UN reports 5,000 civilians killed in Ukraine war - Russia continues shelling Donetsk

Created: 07/13/2022 05:09

Russian troops are now targeting Donetsk Oblast.

The number of civilian casualties in the Ukraine war is increasing.

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Update from July 12, 10:20 p.m .:

The number of fatalities in the rocket attacks on a residential building in the city of Chasiv Yar has risen again.

Nine people have been rescued from the rubble since the attack on Saturday, civil defense in the Donetsk region said on Tuesday.

Kyiv speaks of a civilian residential building.

The Russian army, on the other hand, claims to have attacked a building used for military purposes.

The information can hardly be verified independently.

On Tuesday, a woman was also injured as a result of artillery fire in the city of Sloviansk.

Other towns in the area, such as Bakhmut and Soledar, were also under fire.

At least five people were also injured in neighboring Kharkiv as a result of Russian attacks, said military governor Oleh Synyehubov.

The United Nations has recorded more than 5,000 civilians killed since Russia's war of aggression began in late February, but assumes the number of casualties to be far higher.

A woman stands in front of an apartment building destroyed by Russian attacks in the Kyiv region.

(Archive image) © Michal Burza/dpa

Ukraine-News: Death toll after rocket attack on Chasiv Yar rises again

Update from July 12, 3:50 p.m .:

After the rocket attack on a house in the small town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk, the number of dead recovered from the rubble has risen to more than 38.

This is reported by the news channel ntv.

The residential building had been fired upon by the Russian side over the weekend.

"Significant" Ukraine losses for Putin?

Secret service reports mercenary recruitment in prison

Moscow/London - British intelligence experts believe it is possible that Russia is hiring fighters for the Wagner mercenary group in prisons.

"Staff shortages in the Russian armed forces could force the Russian MoD to resort to unconventional recruitment methods," said the British MoD's daily intelligence update.

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The Ukrainian secret service had already announced that Russia was recruiting prisoners for private military companies.

Now the British secret service is also reporting on it.

"If true, this move likely indicates difficulties in replacing the significant Russian losses," it said.

An ex-Wagner mercenary recently published a book about Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin's "shadow army".

Counter-offensive in Cherson: Kyiv reports 52 killed Russian soldiers

Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces say they killed 52 Russian soldiers in attacks in the Kherson region.

Artillery, armored vehicles and "a warehouse with ammunition" were also destroyed, said the command responsible for southern Ukraine.

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This information could not initially be verified independently.

The Kherson region is largely controlled by the Russian invading forces.

The region borders the Crimean Peninsula, annexed by Russia in 2014.