World Bank President David Malpass said Thursday that the physical damage to Ukrainian buildings and infrastructure from Russia's invasion has now reached around $60 billion.
The office said that "Russian armed forces have indiscriminately shelled and bombed populated areas, killing civilians and wrecking hospitals, schools and other civilian infrastructure — actions that may amount to war crimes."Rescuers work at a residential building damaged during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 19, 2022.While its mission in Ukraine has verified 5,264 civilian casualties so far, including 2,345 deaths, 92.
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet noted that "the actual numbers are going to be much higher as the horrors inflicted in these areas of intense fighting such as Mariupol come to light."
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