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Civilian casualties rise in Ukraine, 249 dead, 553 injured - UN

Women walk among remains of residential buildings destroyed by shelling, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Zhytomyr, Ukraine March 2, 2022. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi

The U.N. human rights office said on Thursday that it had confirmed 249 civilians have been killed and 553 injured in Ukraine during the first week of the conflict following Russia's invasion.

The toll, through midnight on Wednesday, rose from the 227 deaths and 525 injured in its previous report a day ago.

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