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Civil Conflict in Ukraine Leaves 3,660 Dead, Over 8,600 Injured: UN

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At least 3,660 people were killed and 8,756 injured in the civil conflict that broke out in eastern Ukraine in the period between mid-April and October 6, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said Wednesday.

Updated 2:41 p.m. Moscow Time

GENEVA, October 8 (RIA Novosti) – At least 3,660 people were killed and 8,756 injured in the civil conflict broke out in eastern Ukraine in the period between mid-April and October 6, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said Wednesday.

A total of 331 deaths were registered between September 6 and October 6, the organization said.

In April, the Kiev authorities launched a special operation, which was aimed at suppressing pro-independence forces of the southeastern Ukraine that refused to recognize the government that came to power as a result of the February coup.

After the September 5 meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine, Kiev authorities and the self-proclaimed people's republics of Donetsk and Luhansk agreed on a ceasefire, which came into force on the same day.

Since the establishment of the ceasefire, the parties of the conflict have repeatedly accused one another of violating the truce, although the OSCE said last month that the ceasefire was generally holding.

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