Russian forces killed hundreds of civilians early in Ukraine war -UN report

FILE PHOTO: Rescuers remove debris inside destroyed apartments of a residential building hit by shelling in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

ZURICH (Reuters) -Russian forces killed at least 441 civilians in the early days of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations human rights office said on Wednesday, documenting attacks in dozens of towns and summary executions that it said might be war crimes.

The actual number of victims in the Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy regions was likely to be much higher, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said in a report looking into the invasion's start on Feb. 24 until early April, when Russian forces withdrew from the three areas.