Civilian casualties from Feb. 24, 2022, after Russia launched its war against Ukraine, to March 12, 2023, totaled 2,965 civilians (March 5, 21,793), including 8,231 deaths (8,173), the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said Monday.
“OHCHR believes that the real number of civilian deaths or injuries is significantly higher, as many reports from places where such cases have occurred continue to require further confirmation, while information from some places where fighting is ongoing is delayed,” the UN data document noted.
This is the case, for example, in such locations as Mariupol (Donetsk region), Lysychansk, Popasna, and Severodonetsk (Luhansk region), where numerous civilian deaths or injuries have been reported.
According to confirmed UN figures, 3,664 men, 2,173 women, 260 boys and 203 girls were killed, while the gender of 31 children and 1,900 adults could not yet be determined.
Among the 1,734 wounded, 413 boys and 295 girls, as well as 271 children whose gender has not yet been determined.
Compared to March 5, two children were killed and 11 others were wounded.
Whereas previously the OHCHR’s update on the number of casualties was issued daily, and then only on weekdays, it has become weekly since July. This report, like the previous one, provides data by month.
According to them, the number of deaths in February dropped to 138 from 198 in January and 205 in December, but in the first 12 days of March it was 84.
March remains the deadliest month for civilians, according to the UN, with at least 3,968 deaths. In April, according to an OHCHR publication, the number of civilian deaths due to the war dropped to 761, in May to 510, in June to 422 and in July to 378. There were 358 deaths in the first five days of the war from Feb. 24-28, 332 in August, 387 in September, 305 in October and 184 in November.
The number of wounded in February – 451 – was also the lowest since the beginning of the war: in January there were 539, in December – 617, in November – 541, in the first five days of the war last February – 464, and in the 12 days of this March – 209. In October the number of wounded dropped to 795 from 976 in September, when it was higher than the August figure of 917. Prior to that, the number of wounded exceeded a thousand each month: July – 1126, June – 1104, May – 1136, April – 1887, March – 2972.
According to the report, since the beginning of March this year, 72 people have been killed by large-area explosive weapons and another 182 have been wounded, while mines and explosive remnants of war have killed 12 people and wounded 27 (13 percent of total casualties).
Government-controlled territories accounted for 83 percent of the casualties in March, according to the UN.
The summary traditionally states that the increase in numbers to the previous summary should not be attributed only to cases after March 5, as the Office verified a number of cases from previous days during that period.
Dobrobut Medical Network in partnership with INGO Insurance Company launched a project of voluntary health insurance program “Dobropolis”.
As it is said in the press release of “Dobrobut”, the program will operate in acute conditions and will cover stroke, acute myocardial infarction, acute coronary syndrome, acute inflammation of gall bladder, acute inflammation of pancreas, trauma and fractures, appendicitis, kidney and liver colic, exacerbation of some chronic diseases.
Dobrobut Medical Network is one of the largest private medical networks in Ukraine. The network includes 17 medical centers in Kiev and Kiev region, an emergency service, dentistry and pharmacy. Network medical centers provide services to children and adults in more than 75 medical fields. Annually experts of “Dobrobut” carry out more than 7 thousand operations. The network has over 2,800 employees.
The network collaborates with a number of international charities Direct Relief International, Children of War Foundation, International Medical Corps and University of Miami Global Institute as well as the Dobrobut Charitable Foundation founded by the clinic.
Since the start of the full-scale war, the Dobrobut Foundation has provided medical assistance to Ukrainians for more than 16 million hryvnias.
JSC “Insurance company “INGO” has more than 25 years of experience in the market. Since 2017, the main shareholder of the company is the Ukrainian business group DCH Oleksandr Iaroslavskyi.
The company enters the list of the largest insurance organizations in Ukraine in terms of premiums, the size of its own assets and the amount of claims paid. It has 29 licenses for different types of compulsory and voluntary insurance and provides insurance services to corporate and retail clients.
It is a full member of the Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine (MTIBU), a member of the American Chamber of Commerce (ACC), the European Business Association (EBA), the National Association of Insurers of Ukraine (NASU) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
Center Diia.Business in Warsaw has selected 20 Ukrainian companies, which will be helped to expand on the Polish market, in three main categories: food industry, light industry, wood and metal products, the Ministry of Finance said on Monday.
According to the center’s website, the food industry includes coffee producer Roast One, producer of Endorfine author’s jams, an agrocompany that grows raspberries and blueberries, as well as ornamental plants on a rented 40-hectare property, and another producer of organic berries and fruits Panfruit.
Other producers of snacks Brancho and Prime Snack LLC, as well as a Ukrainian producer of culinary spices UNA-Pak, a producer of products based on natural oils Waily and sweet company MFT were also included in the selection.
The light industry section includes six companies: brands of women’s clothing GNZ, Framiore, a Ukrainian manufacturer of business and casual men’s clothing Andreas Moskin, home textiles manufacturer Mir-Tex, pet accessories Noble Pet, clothing for children Tatoshka.
The sections of the catalog also include the companies Liswood – engaged in the production of wooden toys for children, manufacturer of water convectors for heating U-Con, bathroom furniture Mirater, products for health, beauty EcoBiz and company Econad, specializing in developing products aimed at protecting the environment.
It is reported that from “Dia.Biznes” companies will receive legal support, assistance with branding for participation in the online campaign, support in adapting to the Polish market. Also, companies will be provided assistance in solving issues related to relocation, business registration and legalization of stay in Poland.
The program is initiated by the Ministry of Finance, the Office of Enterprise and Export Development, the national project of entrepreneurship development in cooperation with Abt Britain, the Kyiv School of Economics and with the support of the British government.
The Diia.Business center in Warsaw was opened by the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation, the Polish Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, the Polish Investment and Trade Agency, and the Polish government commissioner for cybersecurity. The center is supported by Mastercard, UKaid and the British Embassy in Kyiv.
In March, the University of Łódź hosted an international scientific conference “Between the Reality of War and the Rhetoric of Peace”. The event was held under the patronage of the Voivode of Lodz and the Rector of the University of Lodz. This conference is a part of the Polish-Ukrainian art project aimed at popularizing the works of war artists, holding exhibitions of their works abroad, and publishing books about them as a way of their adaptation in peaceful life after the victory and overcoming the consequences of PTSD.
Aneta Pavlovska, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and History of the University of Lodz, Doctor of Science, Professor, who chaired the conference, emphasized the relevance of the project and spoke about the first such experience, the organization of 7 exhibitions of photographs by Captain Serhiy Belinsky, a press officer of the 28th separate mechanized brigade named after the Knights of the Winter Campaign, a famous musician and art photographer. Two catalogs of his works were published, scientific articles were written, and a monograph on Serhiy’s work in peacetime and wartime is currently being published at the Institute of Art History of the University of Lodz.
The following report was made by Yulia Ivashko, Doctor of Architecture, Professor at the Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, and press officer Serhiy Belinsky by phone from the Bakhmut direction.
The reports by Anastasia Urakina, a graduate student at the Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, and Agnieszka Gralinskey-Toborek, a doctoral student and professor at the University of Lodz, were directly related to the events of the war in Ukraine.
Anastasia Urakina presented a program of psychological rehabilitation and art therapy for people affected by the war, developed jointly with the Kyiv think tank “Experts Club“. The program primarily involves group work, which will be led by professional psychologists. Classes will be held at the “Experts Club“.
Anastasia Urakina’s theses on art therapy methods were a continuation of Ms. Agnieszka Gralinskay-Toborek’s discussion on which works of war survivors can be exhibited without harming the person, and which are only part of PTSD treatment.
It is worth noting that for the first time, Polish scholars had the opportunity to ask a Ukrainian artist at war questions live. Aneta Pavlovska asked how it is possible to remain an artist in the face of danger even in war. Serhiy answered that he has been in the army since 2021, he is used to it, his camera is always with him, and it is no less important for him than an information war with the enemy.
Yulia Ivashko showed a presentation of Serhii’s photographs and spoke about future plans to expand the circle of artists at war. The same point was emphasized by the Director of the Institute of Art History, Doctor of Science, Professor Piotr Gryglewski.
There were 18 presentations aimed at highlighting the work of military artists who experienced their own experiences, and the topic of war in art was also covered. Lukasz Sadowski, PhD, from the W. Strzemiński Academy of Arts in Lodz, highlighted the evolution of propaganda in Russian military painting.
Justyna Kobylarczyk and Dominika Kusznierz-Krupa, PhDs, professors at the T. Klczyuszko University of Technology in Krakow, who organized an exhibition Old-New Town at their university, showing Ukrainian cities before and during the war, said that such projects are needed.
Andriy Dmytrenko, PhD in Engineering, Associate Professor of National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic”, highlighted the evolution of artistic messages during the war in Ukraine.
The conference ended with the presentation of the book “And the Light in the Darkness Shines” by Serhiy Belinsky and Yulia Ivashko about the war in Ukraine, published by the Krakow-based Impuls Publishing House.
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Ukrainian enterprises in January reduced exports of aluminum and its products by 33.7% compared to January 2022 – to $6.776 million, lead and its products by 41.4% – to $1.633 million, nickel and nickel products – $3 thousand, whereas in January 2022 it was $397 thousand.
Exports of aluminum and aluminum products for 2022 fell 42.7% from 2021 to $96.972 million ($6.330 million in December), lead and aluminum products fell 68.7% to $11.970 million ($1.396 million) and nickel and aluminum products fell 73.9% to $1.268 million ($0.1 million).
Ukrainian enterprises in January this year, reduced the import of nickel and its products by 96.2% compared with January 2022 – to $312 thousand, aluminum and its products – by 33.6%, to $26.529 million, while the import of lead and lead products reduced by 95.4% – to $32 thousand, tin and tin products by 20.4%, to $172 thousand, and zinc and zinc products – by 67%, to $2.238 million.
Ukraine has reduced imports of nickel and its products by 49.9% in 2023 compared to 2022 – up to $59.754 million ($0.668 million in December), aluminum and aluminum products – by 33.4%, to $340.398 million ($29.457 million). At the same time, imports of lead and lead products decreased by 66.6% to $2.839 million ($12 thousand).
