Civilian casualties highest in a year in Ukraine - UN rights boss


Ukrainian servicemen check cars at a checkpoint near Slaviansk in Donetsk region, Ukraine, June 29, 2016. Picture taken June 29, 2016. To match Insight UKRAINE-CRISIS/ARMS REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

GENEVA (Reuters) - Civilian casualties from shelling, mines and booby traps in eastern Ukraine are at their highest in a year as government forces and pro-Moscow separatists constantly violate a ceasefire, the U.N. rights boss said on Wednesday.

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said at least 69 civilians had been killed or wounded in June, double the figure for the previous month, with the figure at 73 in July.

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