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UN: 8,766 civilian casualties in Ukraine since Feb. 24.

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According to the UN’s human rights agency, as of May 27, Russia’s war against Ukraine has killed at least 4,031 civilians and wounded at least 4,735 since Feb. 24. The agency believes the actual figures are considerably higher. Ukrainian officials said up to 22,000 were killed in Mariupol alone.

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The Kyiv Independent staff documented what it feels like to live and sleep in Kyiv, Ukraine, as Russia intensifies its drone and missile attacks on the city. Filmed over several weeks in June and July, our journalists take shelter in bathrooms, basements, and parking garages as explosions ring out overhead.

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