The UN has documented the death of more than 8,000 civilians in Ukraine a year after the start of the Russian invasion

Number of civilians killed by Russian invasion of Ukraine confirmed by the United Nations today has exceeded the barrier of 8,000said the UN Human Rights Office, which pointed out that a year of conflict has also caused 13,287 injured 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 human rights office said in a statement. Volker Turkish.

His office, which has been tracking civilian casualties since the start of the Russian invasion, today released an annual report 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 Russian President Vladimir Poutineassured that will “systematically” continue the Russian offensive in Ukraine.

Putin is giving his first speech to parliament since April last year. A presentation scheduled for the end of 2022 which was canceled under the pretext of “scheduling problems”, according to the official version, when only bad news came from the front 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, with care and consistency, we will complete the tasks before us.Putin said in his state of the nation address to both houses of parliament.

Among the special guests in the Duma are a significant number of soldiers in the audience.

“I address you in a difficult and key moment for our countryat a time of profound changes in the world,” Putin told senior Russian officials and political elites.

the russian president again castigated in the West, justifying the invasion by accusing their rivals of threatening Russia. “They are the ones who started the war. And we use force to end itsays Putin. “The responsibility for fueling the Ukrainian conflict, for its escalation, for the number of casualties… rests entirely with the Western elites,” he said.

According to him, the West wants to inflict a “strategic defeat” on Russia in Ukraine. “They want to end (Russia) once and for all“said the head of the Kremlin.

Moreover, he said that the bloc knows that “it is impossible to defeat Russia on the battlefield”, for which he launches “aggressive information attacks” against Russia “distorting historical facts”, attacking Russian culture, religion and values. AND, As he explained, “pedophilia” has become “the norm” in the West.

(With information from EFE)

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