r/worldnews • u/Aiden5202 • 14h ago

Russia/Ukraine At least 15,000 civilian casualties documented in Ukraine in 2026, UN report finds

https://kyivindependent.com/at-least-15-000-civilian-casualties-documented-in-ukraine-in-2026-un-report-finds/
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u/YourCuntIsABot 12h ago

keep in mind that most deaths are very likely in currently occupied territories and russia will not release any numbers on civilian ukrainian casualties. in fact, I am very sure russia doesn't know either.

Mariupol alone is estimated to be the grave of >10k civilians

Edit: ah wait, I misread it and thought it's until 2026. at least 15k just in 2026 makes sense, probably higher because ^still applies

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u/scuppered_polaris 7h ago

Yes but remember casualties and deaths are not the same

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u/Bl4ckb100d 10h ago

Never forget Russian war crimes in this war

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u/A_Poor_Miser 3h ago

And how China helped them do it. 

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u/totallyRebb 2h ago edited 2h ago

Leave it to "Ex"-Soviet Russia and "Ex"-Communist China to make the world a worse place for no reason.

The Dystopia Dream Team.

And i say that as someone who grew up in the Eastern Bloc.

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u/TiggTigg07 9h ago

💝💙💛

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u/ClutchReverie 14h ago

And Russia shoots missiles and rockets purposefully at apartment buildings, schools, playgrounds even...

Remote kamikaze (FPV) drones that the pilots fly in to civilians....

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u/Tentacle_poxsicle 9h ago

This is literally genocide and I'm tired of everyone pretending it's not

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u/GoldApprehensive7067 4h ago

So are we just calling everything a genocide now or is there actually evidence of the systematic murder of an entire population?

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u/TheSenrigan 36m ago

It's Reddit

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u/MikeAppleTree 3h ago

That’s not what genocide means.

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u/GoldApprehensive7067 2h ago

https://www.ushmm.org/genocide-prevention/learn-about-genocide-and-other-mass-atrocities/what-is-genocide

Actually….

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u/MikeAppleTree 2h ago

Your link explicitly states that genocide is not simply “systematic murder of an entire population”. So genocide is not synonymous with murdering an entire population. It obviously would include that act but it can also include any one of the five other categories listed. It doesn’t have to be all of them. And with Putin repeatedly saying he doesn’t believe Ukraine or Ukrainians are a seperate people from Russians and the systemic removal of Ukrainian children from the occupied territories and the coercion of people in those territories to obtain Russian passports, the actions of Russia in Ukraine are clearly within those categories. Not to mention the systemic war crimes of targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure.

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u/GoldApprehensive7067 4h ago

Support Ukraine.

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u/MikeAppleTree 3h ago

Fuck Putin