Ukrainian civilians killed in shelling as Russian forces brace for Kyiv’s counteroffensive
“The government of Ukraine provided OHCHR with full and confidential access to POWs in official places of internment,” the report on POWs said. “OHCHR has not been granted access to POWs interned by the Russian Federation despite repeated requests.”
“OHCHR is gravely concerned about the arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance and torture or other ill-treatment of children,” the report added. “OHCHR documented transfers of civilians to areas in occupied territory or to the Russian Federation, some of which may amount to forced transfers or deportations. These transfers include children.”
Ukraine said on Friday it had handed over to Russia all the severely wounded and seriously ill POWs that it had in captivity and whose condition made transfer possible. Kyiv also said that the bodies of 83 Ukrainian soldiers were returned from Russian-occupied territory.Ukrainian officials said Russian shelling killed at least three people in the city of Kostyantynivka in the eastern Donetsk region, one in the nearby town of Chasiv Yar, two in the northern province of Sumy and one in the southeastern Kherson region. About 20 other civilians were reportedly injured in the strikes.
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