UNIAN: 7 civilians killed in Donbas war since year’s start

By UNIAN.

Published June 21, 2019. Updated June 21 at 9:33 am

Local civilians cross the Donbas frontline into the Russian-occupied area at the entry point of Stanytsia Luhanska close the occupied city of Luhansk on Dec. 14, 2017.

Photo by Oleg Petrasiuk

The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine has reported that seven civilians have been killed since the beginning of 2019.

“Between June 3 and June 16, the SMM confirmed that one civilian was killed and 16 were injured. This brings the total number of civilian casualties since January 1, 2019, to 57 (seven deaths and 50 injuries),” the OSCE SMM said in a status report as of June 17, 2019.