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UN: 6,731 civilian casualties in Ukraine due to Russia's war.

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Michelle Bachelet, a top UN human rights official, also said on May 5 that her office is documenting the forced disappearances of representatives of local authorities, journalists and civil society activists. So far her office has investigated 180 cases, with five of the individuals found dead.

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Russia failed to break Ukraine’s army on the battlefield, and now it’s trying to do it through a peace plan that would cap Ukraine’s forces at 600,000. Some argue that Ukraine would shrink its army — currently estimated at about 800,000 — after the war anyway.

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