The number of civilians killed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine confirmed by the United Nations today surpassed the barrier of 8,000indicated the UN Office for Human Rights, which pointed out that a year of conflict has also caused 13,287 wounded among the non-military population.
“Our data is just the tip of the iceberg in a war whose cost to civilians is unbearable,” the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a statement. Volker Turk.
His office, which has been tracking civilian casualties since the start of the Russian invasion, released an annual report today stressing that at least 487 of the civilians killed in a year of war and 954 of the wounded were boys and girls.
For his part, the President of Russia, Vladimir Putinassured that will “systematically” continue Russia’s offensive in Ukraine.
Putin delivers his first speech before Parliament since April last year. A presentation scheduled for the end of 2022 that was canceled with the excuse of “scheduling problems”, according to the official version, when only bad news came from the battlefront for the Russian hierarch.
“To ensure the security of our country, to eliminate the threat posed by the neo-Nazi regime that emerged in Ukraine after the 2014 coup, it was decided to carry out a special military operation. Step by step, carefully and consistently, we will achieve the tasks we face.”, Putin said in his state of the nation address before both houses of Parliament.
Among the special guests at the Duma are a significant number of soldiers in the audience.
“I am addressing you in a difficult and key moment for our countryat a time of profound change around the world,” Putin told Russian top officials and political elites.
the russian president again lashed out at the West, justifying the invasion by accusing their rivals of threatening Russia. “It is they who have started the war. And we are using force to put an end to itPutin said. “The responsibility for fueling the Ukrainian conflict, for its escalation, for the number of casualties… lies entirely with Western elites,” he noted.
According to him, the West wants to deal Russia a “strategic defeat” in Ukraine. “They want to end it (Russia) once and for all”, said the head of the Kremlin.
In addition, he said that the block knows that “it is impossible to defeat Russia on the battlefield”, for which it launches “aggressive information attacks” against Russia “misrepresenting historical facts”, attacking Russian culture, religion and values. AND, As he explained, “pedophilia” became “the norm” in the West.
(With information from EFE)
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