Russian forces killed hundreds of civilians early in Ukraine war, UN report says

ZURICH - At least 441 civilians were killed by Russian forces in the early days of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations human rights office said on Wednesday, documenting summary executions and attacks in dozens of towns across three regions.

Through the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine , OHCHR gathered evidence from 102 towns and villages.Moscow has repeatedly denied targeting civilians in what it calls a “special military operation” to disarm its neighbour and remove dangerous nationalists from power. Ukraine and its Western allies call the attack an unprovoked land grab.

The scope of the new report was limited to the Russian-controlled areas during the first days of fighting because of “the prevalence of allegations of killings of civilians in these three regions”, and OHCHR’s ability to verify and document deaths there after Russian forces pulled out.Russian forces were responsible for the vast majority of rights violationsMany of the bodies documented in the new report bore signs that the victims might have been intentionally killed, the report found.

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