Hundreds have been Killed since the Start of the Ukraine Cease-Fire

The ruins of the main terminal building at the Airport 
in Donetsk. Pro-Russian rebels have been trying to gain 
control from Ukrainian Forces

Hundreds of people have been killed in eastern Ukraine since a cease-fire was signed Sept. 5, bringing the overall death toll since the start of the six-month-old conflict to more than 3,500, the United Nations reported Wednesday.

The U.N. said no large-scale offensives have taken place since the cease-fire was announced, but that artillery, tank and small arms’ fire continues to be exchanged almost every day, while the humanitarian situation is grim.

Pro-Russian rebels fire mortars towards the airport 
in the town of Donetsk on Wednesday. AP

Continued violence between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists is concentrated around the airport in Donetsk and the towns of Debaltseve and Schastiye, though Russian and Ukrainian officials said Tuesday there was further progress on the truce.

Since the cease-fire began, at least 331 fatalities were recorded, the U.N. said. It cautioned that some of the deaths may have occurred before the start of the cease-fire but were recorded later.

Rockets hit the shopping centre, where it is believed 
that two people were killed and five were injured

At least 3,660 people have been killed since the start of the conflict in mid-April, the U.N. said. A further 8,756 have been wounded.

In Kiev, a military spokesman said fighting had subsided somewhat in the last 24 hours after both sides agreed to a “quiet period” starting Tuesday evening during which shelling was to have been suspended — though a rebel leader quickly denied there was any such agreement.

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