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Russia Killed 136 Children In Ukraine In 2022 – UN Laments
The United Nations has accused Russia of killing 136 children in 2022 during its war of aggression against Ukraine, an internal report seen by dpa in New York on Thursday showed.
UN Secretary general António Guterres said he was “appalled” by the killings.
The report also stated that 80 children were killed by Ukrainian forces.
The Russian army was included on a UN list of organisations that commit serious offences against children in armed conflicts.
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According to the UN list, a total of 477 children were killed in Ukraine last year, with 136 attributed to Russian forces and allies and 80 to Ukrainian troops.
For the remaining victims, neither of the two warring parties can be blamed with certainty.
The children were mostly killed by air strikes, it said.
Such attacks are carried out by Russian forces on Ukrainian towns and villages.
The UN stressed that there was a large number of unreported cases because of the strict guidelines for verifying such cases.
“I am particularly shocked by the high number of attacks on schools, hospitals and protected personnel, and by the high number of children killed and maimed, attributed to Russian forces and affiliated armed groups,” Guterres said.
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He also expressed concern about the actions of Ukrainian forces.
The UN documented a total of 92 cases of children last year in which most were used as human shields in Ukraine.
According to the report, the Russians were responsible for all but one of these cases.
Of a total of 751 attacks on schools and hospitals, 480 were carried out by the Russian army and its allies and 212 attacks were attributed to Ukrainian armed forces, while the remaining cases could not be attributed.
(dpa/NAN)
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Popular American Actor, Joe Marinelli Dies Of Stomach Cancer
Joe Marinelli, popular American actor, known for his roles in ‘The Morning Show’ and other television series, is dead.
Joe Marinelli reportedly died last Sunday at age 68 after a long battle with throat and stomach cancer.
The actor’s wife, Jean Marinelli, confirmed his passage to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Reacting to his death, the actor’s colleague, Mark Duplass who worked with the deceased on ‘The Morning Show’, said.
“We have lost a great one. Joe Marinelli lived in the rare air.
“He was a generous performer, beautiful human, wide-eyed positivist. I will miss him dearly. I will try to live my life a bit more like his. We all should”.
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Judge In Maradona Negligence Case Resigns Amid Scandal
The Argentine judge who caused the collapse of a trial over the 2020 death of football legend Diego Maradona has resigned, her lawyer said Tuesday.
Julieta Makintach’s involvement in a clandestine documentary about the trial of Maradona’s medical team led to the proceedings being scrapped in May after two months of hearings.
No date has yet been set for a new trial.
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“I have the honor of addressing you in my capacity as judge (…)in order to submit my resignation from my position,” Makintach wrote in a letter to the governor of Buenos Aires that was shared by her lawyer.
Makintach was facing impeachment proceedings over her participation in the documentary about the case against seven medical staff accused of manslaughter over Maradona’s death.
Maradona — considered one of the world’s greatest ever players — died in November 2020 at the age of 60 while recovering from brain surgery.
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He died of heart failure and acute pulmonary edema — a condition where fluid accumulates in the lungs — two weeks after going under the knife.
Prosecutor say the conditions of his home convalescence were grossly negligent.
Makintach was one of three judges hearing the case.
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Netanyahu Vows To Thwart ‘Any Attempt’ By Iran To Rebuild Nuclear Programme
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Tuesday to crush any attempt by Iran to rebuild its nuclear programme in a national address to the country after 12 days of war.
“Iran will not have a nuclear weapon,” Netanyahu said after a ceasefire put a halt to airstrikes by the two countries against each other.
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“We have thwarted Iran’s nuclear project. And if anyone in Iran tries to rebuild it, we will act with the same determination, with the same intensity, to foil any attempt,” he added.
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