“Today, the number of civilian casualties is the lowest in the entire period of the conflict, which has already claimed more than 3,300 civilian lives. We hope that the downward trend will continue in the future, ”Interfax quoted her as saying.
He noted that between May 16 and August 15, 2019, four men and four women died in connection with the conflict in the Donbass, 60 were injured, among them nine children.
The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine also reported a significant reduction in the number of civilian casualties in the Donbass after the ceasefire came into force on July 21.