From February 24, 2022, when Russia started the war against Ukraine, until 24:00 on March 23, 2022, civilian casualties amounted to 2,685 people (in the report a day earlier – 2,571), including 1,035 dead (977), reports the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Wednesday.
“UNHCHR believes that the real numbers are much higher, especially in government-controlled territory, and especially in recent days, as information from some places where there has been intense fighting has been delayed, and many reports are still awaiting confirmation,” it said.
According to him, this applies, for example, to Mariupol and Volnovakha (Donetsk region), Izium (Kharkiv region), Severodonetsk and Rubizhne (Luhansk region), Trostianets (Sumy region), where there are reports of numerous civilian casualties. They are subject to further verification and are not included in the above statistics.
“The majority of civilian deaths or injuries were caused by the use of explosive devices with a wide area of effect, including shelling from heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket systems, as well as rocket and air strikes,” the report says.
According to confirmed UN data, 214 men, 160 women, 28 boys and 14 girls died, while the sex of 48 children and 571 adults has not yet been determined.
Among the 1,650 injured, there are 28 girls and 23 boys, as well as 67 children, whose sex has not yet been determined.
Compared to the previous day, nine children were killed and ten were injured, according to the UN.
The office indicates that in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as of midnight on March 24, there were 255 (224) dead and 646 (621) injured in government-controlled territory, and 56 (55) dead and 211 (202) injured in the non-controlled territory.
In other regions of Ukraine under government control (in Kyiv, as well as in Zhytomyr, Zaporizhia, Kyiv, Sumy, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy and Chernihiv regions), the UN recorded 724 (698) dead and 793 (771) injured.
The United States is ready to accept 100,000 refugees from Ukraine, U.S. President Joe Biden said.
Many Ukrainian refugees want to stay in Europe, closer to home, but we also welcome 100,000 Ukrainians to the U.S. with a focus on family reunification, Biden said at a press conference in Brussels on Thursday.
Preliminary entry into Ukrainian universities in 2022 can be carried out on a multi-subject online test (Ukrainian language, history of Ukraine, mathematics), MP from the Holos faction, secretary of the parliamentary committee on education, science and innovation Natalia Pipa said.
“Changes are possible depending on the situation with the front. Today, the following is planned: a multi-subject online test (Ukrainian language, history of Ukraine, mathematics), which must be taken in safe places. Passing at Ukrainian embassies and consulates abroad is being considered. It is planned to be held in July,” Pipa said on Facebook.
At the same time, she said the decision is not final.
“Changes are possible. Testing will continue to be carried out by the Ukrainian Center for Educational Quality Assessment. The Ministry of Education and Science is developing a procedure in detail. The Cabinet of Ministers is to approve,” she said.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko had a conversation with Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau, who assured that Barcelona would continue to provide humanitarian aid to Kyiv and hand over special equipment to the city.
“Today I talked online with the mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau. She noted that she understands what is really happening in Ukraine. And she focused on political support for Kyiv and Ukraine. She also testified to her readiness to continue providing humanitarian assistance to Kyiv. Of the necessary, I named medicines, protective equipment for doctors and rescuers, means of civil protection of the population. And my colleague also promised that Barcelona would transfer special equipment for the needs of Kyiv,” Klitschko said on his Facebook page.
In the conversation, Klitschko noted that the war concerns every European, since Russia has challenged the entire civilized world.
The European Commission has launched the ERA4Ukraine portal to provide information and support services to Ukrainian scientists forced to travel abroad due to the war, according to the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
According to the press service of the ministry, on the portal you can find information about the recognition of diplomas, current vacancies, receiving social assistance and housing offers for scientists and their families.
“The ERA4Ukraine portal will operate within the EURAXESS network, which supports scientists from more than 600 research centers and contains 43 national portals in EU member states and countries that have become associate participants in the Horizon Europe research and innovation program. The portal contains information about support of Ukrainian scientists from 30 countries in English. The Ukrainian version will be available soon,” the report says.
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“According to the Polish border guard service, about 2 million people have crossed the Ukrainian-Polish border since the beginning of the war, that is, in a month. Now it is difficult to estimate the exact number of those who left the territory of Poland, but this can be understood by the amount of transport. We can say that about 1.5 million people remained in Poland. Another 1.5 million Ukrainians were in Poland before the start of the war. Thus, now there are about 3 million citizens of Ukraine in Poland,” Deshchytsia said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
He stressed that the assistance provided to Ukrainian citizens in Poland deserves great gratitude and praise.
“Ordinary Polish citizens, literally from the first days of the war, went to checkpoints on the Ukrainian-Polish border and met our citizens themselves, mostly women, children, the elderly, picked them up in their cars and took them to their homes,” Deshchytsia said.
According to him, there is also centralized assistance, which is very well organized.
“There is assistance both at the central and local government levels, as well as at the level of civil society. Non-governmental organizations, various foundations, volunteer organizations almost continuously provide assistance to Ukrainians,” the ambassador said.
Deshchytsia added that if we are talking about the level of state support, then at the initiative of the government and unanimous supra-party support in the Senate and the Sejm of Poland, a law on assistance to Ukrainians was adopted, helping the citizens of Ukraine to more easily adapt to the conditions in which they found themselves in Poland.
“Firstly, it allows them to stay in Poland legally for the next 18 months with the right to extend their legal stay in the country for another year and a half, and with the documents they arrived with. Secondly, this is a one-time financial assistance for each person, amounting to approximately PLN 300 [equivalent to $80-100]. Thirdly, it is an opportunity to speed up the employment procedure, the opportunity to receive the same social, medical, and pension benefits that the Poles have. To do this, however, you need to get a Polish identification code. Fourthly, this involves helping Ukrainian children to get them into educational institutions, kindergartens, as well as free education in higher educational institutions,” the Ukrainian ambassador explained.
