UN says some 35 civilians killed in Donbas from March until mid-April

Published May 31, 2017. Updated May 31 at 11:42 am

A local resident examines his flat that has been destroyed as a result of night shelling by pro-Russian separatists to the flashpoint eastern town of Avdiyivka, north of the Russia-backed separatists' de facto capital of Donetsk, on Feb. 3.

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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has confirmed 178 civilian casualties (35 killed and 143 wounded) in eastern Ukraine from March until May 14.

The total number of casualties among civilians in the period from April 14, 2014 until May 14 is more than 2,000 people and the number of civilians who were wounded is 7,000-9,000 people.

“The reason for the majority of victims is shelling, explosions on mines and explosive remnants of war,” the humanitarian bulletin of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for March-April says.