Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the U.N. human rights office (OHCHR) reported that more than 5,000 civilians have died there; however, the actual death toll is likely significantly higher.
Throughout its weekly update, OHCHR, which has dozens of human rights monitors in the nation, said that 5,024 people had died and 6,520 had been injured.
On Tuesday, Ukraine claimed to have launched a long-range rocket attack against Russian troops and military hardware in southern Ukraine, which it claims it plans to recover with a counteroffensive involving hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
52 persons were killed in the attack, which targeted an ammo depot in the village of Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson area, according to the Ukrainian military. The move followed Washington’s delivery of cutting-edge HIMARS mobile artillery systems to Ukraine, which, according to Kyiv, are being used by its soldiers more and more effectively.
The town’s newly established Russian administration provided a different account of what happened. At least seven people were confirmed dead and about 70 injured, according to the Russian TASS news agencies. At least seven persons have been killed, along with residents and civilian infrastructure, according to a Kherson official with Russian support.
The region that Ukraine attacked is one that Russia took control of after beginning what Moscow referred to as “a special military operation” in its neighboring former Soviet state on February 24. The region is strategically significant due to its proximity to Crimea and Black Sea access, as well as its former agricultural prosperity and location.
Officials from the Ukrainian administration have mentioned their plans to gather up to a million soldiers and their intention to retake the southern regions of the nation that are now occupied by Russia.
The enemy lost five and a half (persons), a Msta-B howitzer, a mortar, seven armored and other vehicles, as well as an ammunition depot in Nova Kakhovka, according to the findings of our rocket and artillery units, the southern military command of Ukraine stated in a statement.
Unverified social media videos displayed smoke and sparkles before a huge flame erupted into the night sky. Images from Russian official television showed a wasteland covered in debris and the wreckage of demolished structures.
According to a representative of the local government that receives support from Russia, Ukraine employed HIMARS missiles to destroy saltpeter stockpiles, which can be used to create fertilizer or gunpowder. This caused a massive explosion.
