Russia-Ukraine live news: Kyiv probes 12,000 civilian deaths

by | Jun 13, 2022

Police chief says up to 1,200 bodies remain unidentified as human cost of months-long war mounts.

By David Child, Sasha Petrova and Linah AlsaafinPublished On 12 Jun 202212 Jun 2022|Updated: 18 minutes ago

  • Ukraine’s national police chief says criminal proceedings have been opened in connection with the deaths of more than 12,000 civilians during Russia’s invasion.
  • Separatist leader warns Ukrainian forces in Severodonetsk must “surrender or die” as Moscow’s troops continue to press for total control of the key eastern city.
  • Amnesty International accuses Moscow’s troops of war crimes in northeastern Kharkiv by killing hundreds of civilians with indiscriminate shelling and cluster munitions.
  • An aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asks Kyiv’s allies to send additional “heavy weaponry”, saying parity with Russia is needed to “end the war”.
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