Ukraine denounced that since the beginning of the Russian attacks 59 places of worship were damaged

The Ukrainian authorities denounced that the Russian attacks have already affected a total of 59 places of worship since the beginning of the Russian invasion, on February 24.

The damage is focused on buildings belonging to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which depends on Moscow and has a special presence in the east of the country, according to the list published by the State Service for the Policy of Nationality and Freedom of Conscience.

The agency has included damage to a Catholic church, five Protestant churches, three mosques and three synagogues, as well as damage to the Drobitsky Yar, a memorial to Holocaust victims located in Kharkiv.

The monument, a seven-branched Jewish chandelier or menorah, has been hit by a Russian shell, according to the KharkivToday news portal on Saturday. Two of the seven arms of the monument have been damaged.

The monument remembers the between 6,000 and 20,000 Jews and Soviet prisoners murdered outside Kharkiv during the Nazi occupation (1941-42).

Meanwhile, almost 1,100 Ukrainian civilians have been killed and 1,754 wounded since the beginning of the invasion, according to the latest updated balance sheet from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, published this Saturday.

“From 4 a.m. on February 24, when the armed attack by the Russian Federation against Ukraine began, until 12 a.m. on March 25, the High Commissioner has recorded 1,104 deaths and 1,754 injuries,” according to the report.

The deceased have been identified as 221 men, 167 women, 30 boys and 15 girls, as well as 51 children and 1,288 adults pending identification. The injured have been identified as 194 men, 148 women, 30 girls and 24 boys, as well as 70 children and 1,288 adults pending identification.

By control zones, the United Nations estimates 1,045 dead and 1,527 wounded in territory still controlled by the Ukrainian government, counting the 295 dead and 681 wounded in the areas under its control in the disputed regions of Donetsk and Lugansk, in the east of the country. In the area under the control of the militias of these self-proclaimed republics, the UN has confirmed 286 casualties (59 dead and 227 wounded).

The United Nations points out that the majority of civilian casualties were caused by the use of explosive weapons with a “wide impact area”, through heavy artillery, the use of rocket platforms, as well as airstrikes.

The UN points out that the real figures “are considerably higher, especially in the territory controlled by the Government and especially in recent days” , due to the lack of information from some places where intense hostilities have occurred and many details of casualties ” They are still pending verification.”

The United Nations also “takes note” of the report by the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office, according to which as of 8:00 am (local time) on March 26, 136 children had died and 199 had been injured.