Ukraine death toll rises to more than 4,300 despite ceasefire - U.N.

A woman pulls her shopping trolley as she walks past a building that was damaged by shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine in this October 15, 2014 file photo. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/Files

GENEVA (Reuters) - The death rate in the Ukraine conflict has increased in the past eight weeks despite the declaration of a ceasefire in September, the United Nations said on Thursday.

In total, more than 4,300 combatants and civilians have been killed in eastern Ukraine since pro-Russian rebels seized border regions in April. Nearly a million people have fled the area, with a surge in the past two months, the U.N. said.