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Ukraine-Russia crisis: UN reports at least 536 civilian casualties in Ukraine

Ukraine-Russia crisis: UN reports at least 536 civilian casualties in Ukraine

Rescuers in Ukraine

Atleast136civilians have been killed, including 13 children, and 400 have been injured since Russia invadedUkrainelast week, a United Nations agency said on Tuesday.

"The real toll is likely to be much higher," Liz Throssell, a spokesperson for theU.N. human rights office (OHCHR), told a briefing, adding that 253 of thecasualtieswere in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions in easternUkraine.

TheU.N. World Food Programme is scaling up activities inUkraineso that it can support up to 3.1 million people, WFP spokesperson Tomson Phiri said, adding: "Food supplies are running low."

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