{"id":5002,"date":"2015-02-05T00:30:56","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T22:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=5002"},"modified":"2015-03-06T18:07:21","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T16:07:21","slug":"the-human-cost-in-ukraines-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/the-human-cost-in-ukraines-war\/","title":{"rendered":"The Human Cost of Ukraine&#8217;s War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/NewsEvents\/Pages\/Media.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra\u2019ad Al Hussein<\/a>\u00a0released this statement concerning the War in Eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBus stops and public transport, marketplaces, schools and kindergartens, hospitals and residential areas have become battlegrounds in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine \u2013 in clear breach of international humanitarian law which governs the conduct of armed conflicts,\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_5003\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/tagreuters.com2015binary_LYNXMPEB120JR-FILEDIMAGE-862x517.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5003\" data-attachment-id=\"5003\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/the-human-cost-in-ukraines-war\/people-sit-inside-a-bus-before-the-departure-as-they-flee-due-to-the-military-conflict-in-debaltseve\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/tagreuters.com2015binary_LYNXMPEB120JR-FILEDIMAGE-862x517.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,384\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;REUTERS&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;People sit inside a bus before the departure, as they flee due to the military conflict, in Debaltseve, February 3, 2015. REUTERS\/Sergey Polezhaka&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1422972026&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;People sit inside a bus before the departure, as they flee due to the military conflict, in Debaltseve&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"People sit inside a bus before the departure, as they flee due to the military conflict, in Debaltseve\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;People sit inside a bus before the departure, as they flee due to the military conflict, in Debaltseve, February 3, 2015. REUTERS\/Sergey Polezhaka&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/tagreuters.com2015binary_LYNXMPEB120JR-FILEDIMAGE-862x517.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-5003 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/tagreuters.com2015binary_LYNXMPEB120JR-FILEDIMAGE-862x517.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with her child weeps while fleeing fighting in Debaltseve Ukraine\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/tagreuters.com2015binary_LYNXMPEB120JR-FILEDIMAGE-862x517.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/tagreuters.com2015binary_LYNXMPEB120JR-FILEDIMAGE-862x517-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/tagreuters.com2015binary_LYNXMPEB120JR-FILEDIMAGE-862x517-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/tagreuters.com2015binary_LYNXMPEB120JR-FILEDIMAGE-862x517-573x344.jpg 573w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman with her child weeps while fleeing fighting in Debaltseve Ukraine -photo RUETERS\/Sergey Polezhaka<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to Zeid the human cost of Ukraine&#8217;s\u00a0war since April 2014 looks like this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5,358 people killed<\/li>\n<li>12,235 people wounded<\/li>\n<li>224 civilians killed and 545 wounded in just the past 3 weeks<\/li>\n<li>5.4 million people directly affected in the war zone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They also noted:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The casualty figure is a conservative estimate&#8230; HRMU and WHO believe that the actual numbers of fatalities are considerably higher.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>It&#8217;s the Innocent Who Suffer Most<\/h3>\n<p>This is a good time to remember that like all wars it&#8217;s the innocent who suffer most. Civilian\u00a0deaths and injuries are easily 3-4 times the number of soldier&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Please take some time today and pray for civilians caught in the war zone.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pray for those who have lost loved ones.<\/li>\n<li>Pray for those who are injured and can not find adequate medical care.<\/li>\n<li>Pray for those who are trying desperately to leave towns that are under constant shelling.<\/li>\n<li>Pray for aid workers who are doing their best to help in a dangerous situation.<\/li>\n<li>Pray for believers who have chosen to stay in the war zone so they can minister to those in greatest need!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/NewsEvents\/Pages\/Media.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra\u2019ad Al Hussein<\/a>\u00a0released this statement concerning the War in Eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[193],"tags":[338],"class_list":["post-5002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ukraine-2","tag-ukraine-war"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/tagreuters.com2015binary_LYNXMPEB120JR-FILEDIMAGE-862x517.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3izZc-1iG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4425,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/the-toll-of-human-suffering-in-ukraine\/","url_meta":{"origin":5002,"position":0},"title":"The Toll of Human Suffering in Ukraine","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"September 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Russia's annexation of Crimea and the ongoing war and violence in Eastern Ukraine have left in their wake a tidal wave of human suffering and pain. 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