☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 years agoIsrael managed to kill a comparable number of civilians in just 25 days as have died in the war in Ukraine in 563 dayslemmy.mlimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1227arrow-down129file-text
arrow-up1198arrow-down1imageIsrael managed to kill a comparable number of civilians in just 25 days as have died in the war in Ukraine in 563 dayslemmy.ml☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
https://press.un.org/en/2023/gapal1456.doc.htm https://www.ohchr.org/en/news/2023/07/ukraine-civilian-casualty-update-31-july-2023
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down28·edit-22 years agoThis is simply not true. The Ukrainian government (which I trust a little more than I trust Hamas) claims that approximately 25,000 civilians died in the siege of Mariupol alone.
minus-squareGreensauce@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·edit-22 years agoAccording to this article from February 2023, the UN listed civilian deaths at 8,000 including 2,000 from Mariupol. Do you have a source for the Ukrainian government value you stated?
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down13·2 years agoThose numbers come directly from the ghost of Kyiv.
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·2 years agohttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63536564
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·edit-22 years agoSeems to be total deaths so not directly comparable to civilian deaths. That said this graphic has no sources so points for trying I guess. But the demographics and density of Gaza will likely make this a much deadlier conflict regardless of the exact numbers.
This is simply not true. The Ukrainian government (which I trust a little more than I trust Hamas) claims that approximately 25,000 civilians died in the siege of Mariupol alone.
According to this article from February 2023, the UN listed civilian deaths at 8,000 including 2,000 from Mariupol.
Do you have a source for the Ukrainian government value you stated?
Those numbers come directly from the ghost of Kyiv.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63536564
Seems to be total deaths so not directly comparable to civilian deaths. That said this graphic has no sources so points for trying I guess.
But the demographics and density of Gaza will likely make this a much deadlier conflict regardless of the exact numbers.