The number of civilian casualties is expected to be higher as it does not include data from areas of heavy hostilities or areas occupied by Russia.
It has been 200 days since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
It’s been 200 days since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Meanwhile, people in Ukraine have faced a horrific human rights crisis in the last 200 days. The Kyiv Independent, an English-language Ukrainian online newspaper, reported that 5,767 Ukrainian civilians, including 383 children, have been killed so far, while 31,814 war crimes committed by Russia are being investigated. The report said that Russia illegally reported two million civilians in Ukraine, while 8,292 civilians were injured during this period. Russia has fired 3,500 missiles since the start of the war.
The report also said that Ukraine does not publish its military casualties. The number of civilian casualties is expected to be higher as it does not include data from areas of heavy hostilities or areas occupied by Russia. President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed Ukraine’s progress in northeastern Kharkiv province as a potential breakthrough in the six-month-old war, saying if Kyiv can get more powerful weapons this winter the region could gain more quickly. .
Ukrainian forces forced the Russian army to retreat
On the other hand, Ukrainian forces on Sunday retaliated in the eastern part of the country, forcing Russian forces to retreat. The prompt action by Ukraine to retake Russian-held areas in the north-eastern Kharkiv region forced Russia to withdraw its troops. Due to the expulsion, Russian forces had to leave a huge amount of ammunition and weapons on the spot. Sunday marked the 200th day of the Russian attack on Ukraine. The Ukrainian president mocked Russian forces in a video released late Saturday, saying, “These days the Russian army is doing its best and running away with its back.”
The withdrawal of Russian forces is seen as a major battlefield success for the Ukrainian military as they thwarted Russia’s attempt to take control of the capital Kyiv at the start of the war nearly seven months earlier.
At the same time, arguing in favor of its defense, the Russian Defense Ministry said that the withdrawal of troops from Izium and other areas of the Kharkiv region is aimed at strengthening Russian forces in the neighboring Donetsk region.
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