KIEV, Ukraine— Nearly 7,000 civilians have been killed in the war in eastern Ukraine between government forces and Russian-backed separatists, the nation’s president said Friday.
Speaking before parliament, Petro Poroshenko said that more than 1,000 people remained unaccounted for.
The figures mark a sharp increase from the most recent United Nations tally of around 6,100 people killed.
Addressing an assembly packed with soldiers, Poroshenko said that 1,657 Ukrainian troops had also been killed in combat — which he described as aggression from Russia.
Moscow has always denied supplying separatist rebels with either equipment or manpower, but it has been open in its diplomatic support …read more
Source: The Epoch Times
