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U.N. reports human rights outlook bleak in Russian-occupied Ukraine

Amid Russia's intensifying assault on Ukraine, observers find a sharp rise in civilian casualties and broad atrocities.

Demonstrators protest Russia's invasion of Ukraine (AN/Tong Su/Unsplash)

As the Kremlin steps up its grinding attack on Ukraine, United Nations observers are seeing a surge in civilian casualties along with widespread reports of Russian atrocities and war crimes.

But as Russia’s invasion approaches the three-year mark, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in a broadcast interview late Thursday, called the incoming U.S. president, Donald Trump, “strong and unpredictable” and said he hoped those qualities could help resolve the war.

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