There Are A Lot More Civilians Killed in 11 Wks.Than The U.N. Count of 3,381UK

A first responder works at the site of a missile strike in Odesa, Ukraine, in this handout image released May 10, 2022

Firefighters battled blazes in Odesa after Russian missiles pounded the Ukrainian port, and Ukraine said Russian forces were pummeling a steelworks in Mariupol where at least 100 civilians were still holed up.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that trade at the country's ports was at a standstill and urged the international community to take immediate steps to end a Russian blockade to allow wheat shipments and prevent a global food crisis.

U.S. congressional Democrats agreed to rush $39.8 billion in additional aid for Ukraine, two sources familiar with the proposal said, easing fears a delayed vote could interrupt the flow of U.S. weapons to the Kyiv government.

Thousands more civilians have been killed in Ukraine during nearly 11 weeks of war there than the official U.N. death toll of 3,381, the head of the U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in the country said. The World Health Organization's European chief said that at least 3,000 people had died because they had been unable to access treatments for chronic diseases.

RuTube, Russia's answer to YouTube, was crippled for a second day by a cyber attack whose timing it linked to this week's anniversary celebrations of victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two.

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