Ivan Simonovic, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, says in Ukraine "a climate of lawlessness prevails in the east." -- RFE
U.N. Report Details Casualties in Eastern Ukraine -- New York Times
GENEVA — Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands have fled their homes amid rising violence, insecurity and crime in areas of eastern Ukraine that are under the control of pro-Russia armed groups, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
A total of 356 people are known to have been killed since mid-April, Gianni Magazzeni, a senior United Nations human rights official, told reporters in Geneva as he presented the latest in a series of monthly reports by the United Nations’ team of 34 monitors in Ukraine.
Fighting between the Ukrainian Army and armed groups in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk has increased in regularity and intensity as the government in Kiev seeks to assert its authority, and has led to a growing number of civilian casualties, the United Nations reported, noting that separatist groups have acknowledged that their ranks include fighters from Chechnya, a Russian republic, and elsewhere in the Caucasus.
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Pro-Russia rebels imposing ‘reign of fear’ in Ukraine: UN -- France 24
U.N.'s Pillay says separatists taking east Ukraine into dead end -- Reuters
UN Official: Separatists Driving E. Ukraine into Dead End -- VOA
My Comment: Law and order has essentially broken down in eastern Ukraine. It is now a war-zone .... and with the economy non-existent .... the rule of the gun and the violence that accompanies it has become the de-facto reality in many parts of this country.
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