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Clearjust killed. the road out of the city was clear just days killed. the road out of the city was clearjust days ago. now it is full of families fleeing. translation: we of families fleeing. translation: - stayed all this time, but when the home are next to ours was hit, we became scared. the home are next to ours was hit, we became scared- home are next to ours was hit, we became scared. the danger is not on the dancer became scared. the danger is not on the danger is became scared. the danger is not on the danger is not became scared. the danger is not on the danger is not only became scared. the danger is not on the danger is not only kherson. - became scared. the danger is not on the danger is not only kherson. here in kyiv, the danger alert sounded again this morning. on the battlefield, neither russia nor ukraine has made significant gains in recent weeks, but away from the front lines, people are being warned of the russian threat coming from the sky. pope francis has a
Were present during the first weeks of the war and then withdrew, we gained access to those it is after the russians withdrew, and the picture is emerging from those areas are absolutely horrible. the russians essentially went on a killing spree in several areas of ukraine. famously bucha, but also areas where there have been summary executions. various acts of abuse of civilians and so on and so forth, but we have not had access to kherson, or mariupol or areas still being held, occupied by russia. so again, the picture we are able to present to the public is very partial, unfortunately, and does not include probably the areas most affected by this conflict so far. pope francis has asked roman catholics to pray for his predecessor, pope emeritus benedict, who he said was very ill.
we stayed all this time but when the home next to ours was hit, we became scared , this woman says. the danger is not only kherson. here, in kyiv, the air raid alert sounded again this morning. on the battlefield, neither russia nor ukraine have made significant gains in recent weeks, but away from the front lines, people are being warned of the russian threat coming from the sky. hugo bachega, bbc news, kyiv. the un hasjust released a new report on the number of civilian casualties in ukraine since russia started its war against the country last february. so far it s recorded that nearly 7,000 civilians have been killed, including more than 400 children. kris janowski is the spokesperson for the un human rights mission. this figure is a very conservative figure, actually. it s a very low estimate, i would say. we are only issuing figures, reports about confirmed figures, 100% confirmed by us.